Jodie Foster on being a child actor: ‘I don’t recommend it for anybody’

Jodie Foster wants others to learn from her experiences.

Particularly, the former child star – who swiftly became one of the most successful actresses of her time – warned others to not follow in her footsteps of growing up in the spotlight.

“It is weird growing up as a public figure. I don’t recommend it for anybody. I think it’s a tough road. Especially when you start so young,” Foster, 61, noted on her appearance on Wednesday’s episode of the Today Show.

“It’s a long road of figuring out, like, who you are and who’s your job and what part of you is your job – all that stuff,” she noted.

However, the Silence of the Lambs star noted that she has finally found peace in her 60s.

Calling her 60th birthday over a year ago “one of the best days of [her] life,” Foster reflected that as soon as she turned 60, “suddenly, nothing really mattered and everything’s a bonus.”

She further explained, “I was just happy and content, and I wasn’t competing with my old self. I had no expectations for what was happening, and I was ready for what was gonna come.”

When host Hoda Kotb asked Foster when she began “feeling comfortable in [her] own skin,” the Oscar winner replied, “I don’t know, ‘cause that’s a daily thing, right? ‘How is today?’”

The Oscar-winner continued, “So, I guess, you know, you just have to have hope that you get more good days than bad.”