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148 | Jodie Foster on Building Truthful Characters

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Overthink and Beat Yourself Up

"I think asking, is this true? Is a much more powerful barometer of why I'm making the change or why I feel like making the change," Jodi says. "You can't possibly have all the answers in that moment." She adds: "All you can have are your feelings about it ... and then you can park the answers'

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