>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK. BODY. MY FIRST GUEST IS A DIRECTOR AND ACTRESS WITH TWO ACADEMY AWARDS WHO HAS ENTERTAINED AUDIENCES FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
SHE NOW STARS IN THE FILM, "A PRIVATE LIFE. " PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JODIE FOSTER. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU'VE GOT THE AUDIENCE. >> Stephen: BUT WE HAVE MY GUEST. WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ON, CLASSES UP A JOINT.
>> THANK YOU. YOU ARE OUR NATIONAL TREASURE HOWEVER. ALL THE LATE-NIGHT PEOPLE NEED YOU IN ORDER TO TELL THEM ALL THE SILLINESS OF WHAT IS WHAT.
OTHERWISE WHAT WOULD THEY DO AT NIGHT? >> Stephen: WATCH JIMMY KIMMEL. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A LOVELY ONE. >> I DID. >> Stephen: I'VE SAID BEFORE I'M A BIG FAN NOT ONLY OF YOUR ACTING PUT UP YOUR HATS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. I LOVE THIS IMAGE, FAMOUS IMAGE OF YOU FROM CONTACT. YOU ARE LISTENING FOR, YOU KNOW, -- -- >> LISTENING THROUGH MY HAT.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE CAUGHT A HAT ON, A SCARTH ON UNDER THE HAT AND HEADPHONES ON, ALMOST LIKE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR HEAD THERE. >> WHEN IT COMES TO CLOTHING I'M KIND OF LIKE WHATEVER, I WILL WHERE IT. I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY IS INSISTING AND SAYS WE REALLY WANT YOU TO WEAR THIS BAD, I'M LIKE FINE, I WILL WHERE THE HAT.
>> Stephen: IS THIS THE LARGEST HAT YOU HAVE ACTED IN. >> I BELIEVE IT IS. >> Stephen: I WILL TEST THAT THEORY A LITTLE LATER.
BE PREPARED. WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT WAS CARL'S THAT AGAIN. WITH US ONE OF THE MOVIE WAS MADE.
I LOVE THE BOOK, I LOVE THE MOVIE AND YOU'VE GOT TO WORK WITH HIM. >> A GREAT MAN. IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING.
HE'S A HERO OF MINE, OF ALL OF HOURS AND HE HAD WRITTEN THE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. HE DECIDED ONE DAY HE WAS GOING TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY AND HE WROTE IT FOR CONTACT AND IT WAS TERRIBLE. HE SAYS NOW WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, I GUESS I WILL JUST WRITE A BOOK SO HE WROTE A BOOK AFTERWORDS AND THEN YEARS LATER RESURRECTED IT AND SAID CAN SOMEBODY WHO CAN WRITE A SCREENPLAY WRITE A SCREENPLAY FOR MY BOOK?
>> Stephen: IT'S A BIG YEAR FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A NEW FILM, "A PRIVATE LIFE". YOU HAVE A ROLE IN THIS.
THE MOVIE IS ALL IN FRENCH. >> A FRENCH MOVIE. >> Stephen: EXACTLY.
WE SHOULD DO THE INTERVIEW IN FRENCH. [SPEAKING FRENCH] [LAUGHTER] >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE. FIRST OF ALL, OUTFITTED HAPPEN?
HAVE YOU DONE FILMS IN FRENCH BEFORE? >> A FEW BUT ONLY SMALLER PARTS. I DON'T FRENCH MOVIE WHEN I WAS A KID AND THEN A COUPLE OF SMALL GOALS BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE CHALLENGING.
>> Stephen: YOU SPEAK OF PARAMOUNT OF FRENCH. >> I DO. >> Stephen: I HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR CAREER THEN YOU DO.
>> MY CHARACTER USED TO BE A FRENCH PERSON. I SHOT IT THAT WAY AND THEN AFTER THE MOVIE WENT TO PREVIEWS, THEY DECIDED TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT SO THAT'S WHY THERE IS STILL A BIT OF FRENCH LEFT IN THE FILM. >> Stephen: IN THIS FILM, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS FILM?
>> IT'S ABOUT A PSYCHIATRIST WHOSE AND EX-PAT LIVING IN PARIS. SHE'S A TERRIBLE PSYCHIATRIST, DOES NOT LISTEN VERY WELL AND ONE OF HER PATIENTS COMMITS SUICIDE. SHE'S TOLD SHE COMMITS SUICIDE BUT SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT SO SHE GOES OFF TO INVESTIGATE AND SHE DECIDES IT'S BEEN A MURDER SOCIALLY KIND OF BECOMES AN INVESTIGATOR.
AS YOU REALIZE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MOVIE SHE'S REALLY INVESTIGATING HERSELF. >> Stephen: THIS CLIP, CAN YOU TELL WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO? >> PART OF MY FAMILY IS IN THIS.
ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS, MY CHARACTER FAMILY MEMBERS, HE PLAYS MY EX-HUSBAND. I CALL ON HIM TO HELP ME WITH THIS INVESTIGATION OF THIS MERGER AND AS I START BECOMING -- WE RETURNED TO HAVING AN AFFAIR. [SPEAKING FRENCH] [BEEPING] >> Stephen: REALLY NOT COOL.
>> NOT COOL. >> Stephen: IS IT DIFFERENT TO ACT IN FRENCH AND TO ACT IN ENGLISH? >> WELL MOSTLY BECAUSE I'M SCARED THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE SO I FEEL LIKE I'M A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY AND FRENCH THEY WANT WHAT IS FRIEND JODIE FOSTER LIKE?
>> SHE HAS A MUCH HIGHER BOYS, I'M NOT SURE WHY. I GUESS WHEN I LEARNED I LEARNED FROM LADIES WHO HAD VERY HIGH VOICES AND SHE'S FRUSTRATED ALL THE TIME. AND FILLED WITH ANXIETY AND AS A LITTLE VULNERABLE.
THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS. >> Stephen: IS NOT A PLEASANT FEELING? >> IT'S A NEW.
SO I'M WORKING WITH IT. >> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN PERFORMING FOR OVER 50 YEARS. >> OVER 60 YEARS.
>> Stephen: WOW, OKAY. DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT DECADE AWAY FROM YOU, SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO YOU'VE PERFORMED UNDER SO MANY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT FILMS AND PROJECTS.
HOW IS A FRENCH PROVE DIFFERENT THAN, LIKE, SAY A HOLLYWOOD OR AMERICAN CREW? >> THEY SMOKE MORE. >> Stephen: PERFECTLY LEGAL.
>> THEY DO THAT, THEY DRINK WINE AT LUNCH, THEY HAVE VERY DELICIOUS -- >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU GET ANYTHING DONE? >> YOU DON'T. IT'S ONLY AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
WE USUALLY DO AT LEAST 12 TO 14 HOUR DAY BUT THEY ONLY HAVE AN EIGHT HOUR DAY. >> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. >> THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND THEN YOU CRAM FOR SHOOTING INTO, YOU KNOW, FOR ABOUT& 30 MINUTES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SHOOT THIS IN PARIS >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER THE >> YES. FIRST TIME YOU WENT TO PARIS? >> I THINK I WAS -- YEAH.
I THINK I WAS, LIKE, EIGHT OR NINE. MY -- I WENT THERE TO PROMOTE A MOVIE WHEN I WAS EIGHT OR NINE WITH MY MOM. >> Stephen: DID YOU ALREADY SPEAK FRENCH?
>> I DID NOT, BUT MY MOM GAVE ME THESE LITTLE TAPES. THEY HAD THESE LITTLE CASSETTE TAPES. >> Stephen: LIKE BERLITZ?
>> BERLITZ. EXACTLY. >> Stephen: YEAH, I DID THOSE, YEAH.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'D SAY SOMETHING LIKE, "MY CAR IS RED," OR WHATEVER. SO I LISTENED TO THOSE TAPES, AND THEN SHE MADE ME ORDER FOR HER. MADE ME DO EVERYTHING, ACTUALLY.
WHILE I WAS THERE. >> Stephen: LIKE, YOU ORDERED ALL THE FOOD AND EVERYTHING? >> IN FRENCH.
ORDER ALL THE FOOD, YEAH. >> Stephen: COULD YOU ORDER ANYTHING FAIRLY COMPLICATED FOR YOURSELF? >> I ONLY -- I WOULD ONLY EAT HAM SANDWICHES.
THAT WAS IT. THE WHOLE TRIP. IT WAS JUST, LIKE, BAGUETTE HAM SANDWICH.
AND I THREW UP AT THE END, THE LAST DAY. ALL OVER. JUST HAM SANDWICH -- >> Stephen: WOAH.
>> PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER EVERYWHERE. >> Stephen: MAL A L'ESTOMAC. >> MAL A L'ESTOMAC, YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I LEARNED IN CLASS. MAL A LA TETE. MAL A LA GORGE.
MAL A L'ESTOMAC. >> YEP. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE JODIE FOSTER, EVERYBODY, STICK AROUND.
