Jodie Foster gets candid about her costars at Cannes Film Festival

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Martin Scorsese: mustache. George Clooney: tequila and coffee. Brut asked Jodie Foster to say the first thing that came to mind when asked about these former costars. Here's what she said...

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00:00Kristen Stewart's Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr.

00:07Kristen Stewart's my daughter.

00:10You know, mariachi is the word that comes to mind when I think of Kristen Stewart.

00:14We had a birthday party, I think it was her 11th birthday party on the set and panic room.

00:21And we had a mariachi band and a taco bar, so that makes me think of Kristen Stewart.

00:27I'm so proud that Quentin Tarantino exists.

00:30That this just crazy, totally talented, ambitious, amazing, joyful person was able to find a movie business and create films for us.

00:48Some people have said that one of the characters in his last movie was inspired by me.

00:52There's a little girl who's an actress in the film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

00:55And while I was watching the movie, I didn't get it.

00:58But all of my friends that I went with were like, that's gotta be you.

01:02Except Quentin Tarantino, I'm not very serious.

01:05This is the part that he may not know.

01:07I'm not a very serious person.

01:11Completely quiet.

01:12He never really says anything.

01:14And at least that was true when I was young.

01:17He was Travis Bickle when I met him, so I have no idea who the real Robert De Niro is.

01:24But he really comes out by acting.

01:27His own personality is very hard to find.

01:29I have no idea who he is.

01:34That's my thought about Martin Scorsese.

01:36When I first met him, he had a mustache and he would always twist it.

01:39Kind of like a sort of old character in a spy movie or something.

01:46He always had this twisty mustache.

01:49Perfection.

01:51Most elegant filmmaker.

01:53I've learned more from David Fincher than any filmmaker I've ever worked with.

01:57It is like a master class, just being in the same room with him.

02:00And I would do anything with David Fincher.

02:04Thank you is the words that come to mind for Julia Roberts.

02:07You know, she's effortless.

02:09She's incredibly charming and everybody loves her.

02:12And it's amazing how she can come to set with 500 pages of dialogue

02:17and 14 different things that she has to do.

02:19And she just makes it look completely effortless.

02:22And I will always be grateful for the work that she did on Money Monster,

02:25which was extraordinary.

02:28Well, tequila and coffee.

02:30What else would come to mind with George Clooney?

02:32We'll always think of tequila and coffee.

02:34Things that we ingest.

02:36Things that we drink.

02:39He's wonderful in Money Monster and I'm just so happy that I got to work with him.

02:44Funny. He's my guy.

02:46I just texted with him yesterday.

02:48And, you know, sometimes he's like my brother.

02:52That would be the word that would come to me.

02:54He's like my brother.

02:55And it doesn't matter how much time goes by.

02:57I just love the guy.

02:59And I know he has his issues and his problems.

03:01But he's my brother.

03:05Voices.

03:06Because Kate Winslet can do voices.

03:08Unlike anyone else I've ever met,

03:10she can change her voice and play characters.

03:13And she has one particular voice that I love the most,

03:17where she plays a young lady from some crazy part of England in a beauty salon.

03:24And she'll just pop into that voice at any moment.

03:28I have a real thing for Spike Lee.

03:30I love Spike Lee.

03:31And he always makes me smile and I always feel so supported and loved.

03:35And I feel like he brings you into his family, you know, when you're making a film.

03:39He's also very impatient.

03:41So impatient would be a word that I would use for him.

03:43Whenever he's working, he's like, come on, come on, next take, let's go.

03:46What are we doing now?

03:47Where are we going?

03:48He never wants to wait for the cameras to be set up.

03:50He never wants to wait for any of the sound or visuals or anything.

03:53He just wants to keep going.

03:56I did a movie with Woody Allen a hundred years ago.

03:58And what can I say about him?

04:02Lots of takes.

04:04I think we, you know, lots of retakes.

04:07We went back and did the same scene like three different times in three different months.

04:11He likes to get it right, but he doesn't know in the moment exactly how to say that.

04:15So I guess you know that when you're going to make a Woody Allen movie,

04:18you're going to come back and try and revise it a million times.

04:22We spent a lot of time in a very dark, small space together.

04:27So he's very quiet and reserved and kind of meticulous.

04:33And he's much taller than me, as you know.

04:36So it's kind of a funny thing that he's so tall and he's such a big guy.

04:40And you just kind of want to give him a hug because he speaks so softly.

04:46I love Anthony Hopkins.

04:47A lovely man, incredible actor.

04:49He really gave, in the last few years, probably the two best performances I've ever seen, really,

04:54in The Two Popes and in The Father.

04:56Extraordinary man.

04:59I love her. Wonderful actress.

05:00And I'm so flattered and proud that I was chosen to feature her,

05:05to do her feature part in The Orange Is New Black.

05:08She's a real hero for our time.

05:11And she's taught me so much, honestly.

05:13I feel like she's a great teacher for our time.

05:21I felt very lucky to do one of Matthew's...

05:23I'm not sure it was one of his first movies,

05:25but it was one of his first big films, so Contact.

05:29We had a great time together and we discovered the stars together

05:33and we learned all about physics and astronomy.

05:35So I got to spend some time with Carl Sagan, which was exciting.

05:40I love him. I love him. I'll always love him.

05:43He was in Home for the Holidays and delivered such an amazing performance.

05:48And he's been such a good friend to me and his wife Susan.

05:51And I really do feel like he's a part of my family and I'll always know him.

05:56I made a movie with Michael Douglas when I was nine.

05:58Napoleon and Samantha.

06:00Lion is what comes to mind because on that movie I was bitten by a lion.

06:06And yeah, Michael and I worked with those lions.

06:10There were three lions that were in the film and we worked with those together.

06:14The first time I met Michael Douglas, I was doing an episode of The Streets of San Francisco,

06:18but he doesn't remember.

06:19I remember, but he does not remember.

06:21I think I was like seven or eight.

06:28I don't know.

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