JODIE TALKING...As a Teen...
On acting: "People assume I've been robbed of my childhood. I don't think that's true. I've gotten something extra. Most kids, all
they have is school. That's why they get so mad when it's boring and
feel so bad if they fail. I have my work; I know how to talk to adults
and how to make a decision. Acting has spared me from being a regular
everyday kid slob. I used to think of it as just a job, but now it's
my whole life, it's all I want to do."
On sisterhood: "My friendships with girls usually don't last too
long. I'm not interested in a lot of the things they are, I guess." On
femininity: "I never had the gift of looking cute. I hate dresses and
jewelry, and the only doll I played with was a G.I. Joe. And I've got
this deep voice. That's why they call me Froggy at school."
On her mother Brandy, a single parent: "She always listened to
me. She thought of me as her best friend. If it weren't for me, she
wouldn't have anything, and if it weren't for her, I would be
nothing." Being raised without a father was "the best thing that ever
happened to me. I never realized there was any difference between men
and women. It never occurred to me I would have to be a nurse and not
a doctor."
On directing: "It would be great to be a director. They get to do
anything! They have people killed, blow things up, make people cry and
laugh. Directing is just like creating life." "It is a very masculine
thing to do; they all end up in the hospital after a picture. It's a
hard job." She said she hoped to start with a small-budget film.
"Something sensitive with two people." She was determined, though, not
to appear in a film she also directed. "That is the biggest mistake,
unless you're Woody Allen."
