Jodie Foster calls acting ‘a cruel job’ she would not have chosen

Jodie Foster has spoken out about parents who encourage their children to act, saying she knows "how dangerous it is" and that she would never have chosen to be an actor herself.

- Catherine Shoard

Speaking at the Marrakech film festival, Foster said: "I don't have the personality of an actor. I'm not somebody that wants to dance on a table and sing songs for people."

She added: "It's actually just a cruel job that was chosen for me as a young person that I don't remember starting."

Foster's first booking was aged three, on an advert for Coppertone suntan lotion. She had accompanied her elder brother to the audition and charmed the casting agents.