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like you have a place for all those fears you have for them. So when you come home, you don't have to worry about them so much. I'm not that neurotic. I worry because I'm a worrier. I'm an organizer. If there's something I've learned from my first son, it's that I tend to do too much for him. As time goes on, you have to undo all that -- teach them to tie their own shoes."

Foster's time away from the silver screen has afforded her the perspective of an observer. While she declares herself a fan of Hustle and Flow and Crash, there is little else that has aroused her attention. The former child star has entered her forties with signature grace and is anything but bitter about it. "Things do slow down when you're a little older because most movies are for people 20-35, so I think that's normal, natural. Also when you've been doing it long enough, there's some things you've already done, things you've already played, so you don't need to go down that territory again."

It is precisely this "been there, done that" attitude that places Jodie Foster in a class of her own. "I don't have a typical actor's personality. Which is a blessing in some ways and a real hindrance in others. I wasn't born with that gift of loving to perform, and standing on a table and doing impressions, and loving applause."

Though it's been a while since her days on The Partridge Family, Foster has learned a thing or two. She still identifies with child performers, but does not claim to understand the pressure placed upon them. "It is a different era. I don't know anymore. Teen and twenty something actors have it much worse than I had it. It seems to me that they are not allowed to have any adolescent life without media scrutiny. They carry films now."

Foster pauses, and with a thoughtful intake of breath, delivers what may as well be the perfect summation of her career… "It's completely different now."

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