Actor Jodie Foster | Fresh Air

Jodie Foster was just 12 years old when she starred in Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver. "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema in the '70s," she says. She talks with Terry Gross about the 50th anniversary of that movie, getting mauled by a lion on a set, and why she kept her sexuality private for most of her career. Foster’s latest film, Vie Privée (A Private Life), is in French, which she speaks fluently. This episode originally aired January 13, 2026. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FRESH AIR NEWSLETTER: https://support.whyy.org/page/39306/s... OR OTHER NEWS FROM NPR: https://www.npr.org/newsletters/ SUBSCRIBE TO FRESH AIR+ FOR BONUS EPISODES https://plus.npr.org/freshair LISTEN TO DAILY EPISODES OF FRESH AIR https://www.npr.org/podcasts/38144490... LISTEN TO OTHER FRESH AIR INTERVIEWS ON YOUTUBE (published once a week)    • Fresh Air   FOLLOW “FRESH AIR”   / nprfreshair     / nprfreshair   https://whyy.org/freshair (Newsletter) SUBSCRIBE TO WHYY AND NPR WHYY:    / @whyyphiladelphia   NPR:    / @npr   NPR Music (Tiny Desk):    / @nprmusic   Jazz Night in America:    / @jazznightinamerica   NOTE: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. See “Fresh Air” sponsors and promo codes https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/p... The NPR shows you love are possible thanks to your support. Donate today: https://www.npr.org/donations/support