Jodie Foster photographed by Daniel Jack Lyons for The Atlantic, 18 February 2024
She’d been looking around the room at the meticulously diverse group of women Elle had chosen to honor, and wondering to herself why she’d been included.
“Finally I realized, like, halfway through; I leaned over to Alex and was like”—her voice dropped to a whisper—“I’m the old queer one!”
“How does that feel?” I asked.
Her eyes were bright. “Feels good! I think it feels good.” .
The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver.
Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.
— Hannibal Lecter
Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Listen, the Wheeler thing was - Shut up. No, we did exactly what we needed to do. No, we're not doin' that. Alright? We're just doin' this one thing. We're gonna crack it, close your case, I close my case, and then, that's it for the two of us. It is.