Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

Jodie Foster was on Jay Leno tonight to promote her new film, FLIGHTPLAN . She talked about her children and having grown up as a child actor. Jay had a clip from an episode of ADAM 12. About a year ago, I found a clip of Jodie on THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY. Foster talked about having discovered that you could input the name of an actor and find all of his/her old films and television appearances. (Finally, an excuse to get TIVO!)

I also found an old clip of Jodie’s McDonald’s Commercial. Foster also talked about her upcoming appearance on Bravo’s INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO with James Lipton. Airing this weekend (1:00pm and 8:00pm local time), Foster gets choked up talking about her career.

POST COMMENT: The Actors Studio session was terrific. Foster talked about the emotional movement from NELL that still makes her cry when she does it. She said all of her films were basically about abandonment and that movement of trying to pull someone close (someone who was going away forever) still causes a deep emotional response for her. She talked about how her unwillingness to perform on stage may be intertwined with the John Hinckley assassination attempt. She talked about her children. Lipton graciously did not probe about her relationships. It was fun for me to watch.