Jodie Foster says Gen Z can be ‘really annoying’ to work with
Veteran actor Jodie Foster has opened up on her experiences working with Gen Z.
Jodie Foster is one of the all-time greats in the film industry and has certainly met her fair share of people in her long-running career.
The 61-year-old was nominated for an Oscar at the very young age of 14 for her depiction as a victim of child sexual abuse in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic film Taxi Driver.
And since then, Foster's impressive career has only gone from strength to strength.
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While she may have worked with hundreds if not thousands of people to date, there is one particular group the actor is not exactly a fan of.
In an interview with the Guardian, Foster admitted that she finds the Gen Z 'really annoying', adding that she found it difficult to understand the generation's attitude to work.
“They’re really annoying, especially in the workplace,” Foster said.
"They’re like: ‘Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10.30am.’ Or in emails, I’ll tell them: this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?
"And they’re like: ‘Why would I do that, isn’t that kind of limiting?’”
When asked what she thought young people in the industry needed to hear, the Silence of the Lambs star said: "They need to learn how to relax, how to not think about it so much, how to come up with something that’s theirs.
"I can help them find that, which is so much more fun than being, with all the pressure behind it, the protagonist of the story."
Foster has also got in touch with Bella Ramsey in recent as the 20-year-old actor continues to grow in popularity - especially after their role as Ellie in The Last of Us.
Ramsey introduced Foster at the Elle magazine's Women In Hollywood event in December.
"I reached out to Bella, because we’d never met, and said: ‘I want you to introduce me at this thing,’ which is a wonderful event about actors and people in the movies, but is also very much a fashion thing. Which means it’s determining who represents us," Foster said.
After meeting at the request of Ramsey, Foster said the Game of Thrones star was a good example of actors emerging in a new 'vector of authenticity'.
"Bella, who gave the best speech, was wearing the most perfect suit, beautifully tailored, and a middle parting and no makeup," Foster added.
She continued to say that she often does a lot of 'reaching out to young actresses' as she understands their situation.
"I’m compelled." she said. "Because it was hard growing up.”
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Callum Jones