“I love the idea of God, but it’s not stylisticaly in keeping with the way I function. I would describe myself as an enthusiastic agnostic who would be happy to be shown that there is a God.” “I can see that people who believe in God are happier. My brother is. My dad is too.
Foster played the role of Dr. Eleanor Arroway, a radio astronomer in the movie Contact, based upon the best-selling novel by Dr. Carl Sagan.
Q. Where does Jodie Foster stand in the debate between science and faith?
A. I absolutely believe what Ellie believes – that there is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God when there’s absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that’s out there that we haven’t discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don’t know any better. From the Georgia Straight Interview with Jodie Foster by Dan McLeod, July 10-17, 1997; page 43.
From an interview in People Magazine, April 2006, Q: The movie [Take the Lead] has an uplifting message. Are you religious? A: I have to recognize that I am agnostic. I don’t believe in any kind of fundamentalism. I prefer to take life in a different way, with a sense of humor. I try to
Famous Lost Words: Bruce Willis
Willis comments on religion in an interview in the July 1998 issue of George magazine. “Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms,” he says. “They were all very important when we didn’t know why the sun moved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred, or volcanoes happened,” he continues. “Modern religion is the
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