Jodie Foster says early Oscar nod helped her avoid 'abuse' in Hollywood

Jodie Foster has opened up about how an early Academy nomination saved from "sexual abuse" in Hollywood.

The 63-year-old veteran actress received her first Oscar nomination in 1977 for her role in Taxi Driver, a film that also featured Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese.

According to Jodie, women who are in a workplace often experience misogynist microaggressions. She revealed that she really had to examine what saved her from such experiences.

“Anybody who’s in the workplace has had misogynist microaggressions. That’s just a part of being a woman, right? But what kept me from having those bad experiences, those terrible experiences?”

Foster realized that by the time she was 12, she was powerless. But after being nominated for Oscar, it made her a part of different category of people, who had power.

She said while speaking to NPR’s Fresh Air, “What I came to believe … is that I had a certain amount of power by the time I was, like, 12.”

“So by the time I had my first Oscar nomination, I was part of a different category of people that had power and I was too dangerous to touch”, added the Panic Room actress.

Jodie continued, “I could’ve ruined people’s careers or I could’ve called ‘Uncle,’ so I wasn’t on the block.”

The legendary actress later won two more Oscar in 1989 for The Accused and in 1992 for The Silence of the Lambs.