Jodie Foster paid a glowing tribute to her wife Alexandra Hedison during her hand- and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood this week.
After a half-century career as a member of the A-list, Jodie, 61, placed her prints in cement in front of the Los Angeles landmark on Friday.
She received a glowing testimonial from her longtime close friend Jamie Lee Curtis, who referred to Jodie as her ‘bestie’ during this year’s Oscars.
During her own speech, Jodie pointed out that the ceremony was occurring on her and Alexandra’s 10th wedding anniversary, in footage taken by NBC LA.
‘The person that I have to thank the most, really, is my wife Alex, who I cannot believe was so generous to give up our 10-year anniversary day to come and do this with me,’ said Jodie, joking: ‘Like what are you thinking? How come we didn’t say no?’
Jodie Foster paid a glowing tribute to her wife Alexandra Hedison during her hand- and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chines Theatre this week
After a half-century career as a member of the Hollywood A-list, Jodie, 61, placed her prints in cement in front of the Los Angeles landmark on Friday
She received a glowing testimonial from her longtime close friend Jamie Lee Curtis , who referred to Jodie as her ‘bestie’ during this year’s Oscars
As Alexandra wiped a tear away from her eyes, Jodie continued in a more serious vein: ‘I love you so much and I’m so grateful for the life we have together.’
Alexandra was seated in the audience next to Best In Show director Christopher Guest, who has been married to Jamie Lee for four decades.
Jodie reflected: ‘This has been my whole life, has been making films, living in Hollywood, creating a family of friends to do it with. This is my life, I love my life and I’m so grateful that all of you guys think I’m okay and that I deserve to be in cement.’
She said that ‘Hollywood for all of us in a way is this symbol space that’s about iconography and about dreams and fantasies, and for me it isn’t. It’s very concrete.’
Before she shot to stardom as a child actress in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 Taxi Driver, she used to visit the Chinese Theatre and fantasize about putting her prints there.
‘The experience that I had was coming here with my mom and my brothers and sisters and going to Musso & Frank’s,’ she said, referring to an iconic Hollywood steakhouse: ‘and then then putting my feet in the cement and measuring my feet to the other people – and yes, of course, saying: “Ooh, someday I would want that.”‘
She clarified: ‘But not because I wanted to be a movie star, but because I wanted to be real. I wanted to be real! I wanted to be a real person and a real person puts their hands in cement, hands and feet in cement, and somehow what they do matters, not just for this generation but for other generations.’
Jodie said: ‘So that was some kind of crazy fantasy that I had about belonging, which brings me here today, ’cause here I am with my family, right? My family and friends.’
She received a glowing testimonial from her longtime close friend Jamie Lee Curtis , who referred to Jodie as her ‘bestie’ during this year’s Oscars
The partners looked so loved up during the ceremony
During her own speech, Jodie pointed out that the ceremony was occurring on her and Alexandra’s 10th wedding anniversary, in footage taken by NBC LA
‘The person that I have to thank the most, really, is my wife Alex, who I cannot believe was so generous to give up our 10-year anniversary day to come and do this with me,’ said Jodie
Jodie joked: ‘Like what are you thinking? How come we didn’t say no?’
The adorable couple had fun at the event as Alexandra pretending to add her handprints
As Alexandra wiped a tear away from her eyes, Jodie continued in a more serious vein: ‘I love you so much and I’m so grateful for the life we have together’
Alexandra was seated in the audience next to Best In Show director Christopher Guest, who has been married to Jamie Lee for four decades
Jodie reflected: ‘This has been my whole life, has been making films, living in Hollywood, creating a family of friends to do it with’
‘This is my life, I love my life and I’m so grateful that all of you guys think I’m okay and that I deserve to be in cement,’ said the Silence Of The Lambs actress
She said that ‘Hollywood for all of us in a way is this symbol space that’s about iconography and about dreams and fantasies, and for me it isn’t’
Jodie’s prints drying in the concrete block
‘The experience that I had was coming here with my mom and my brothers and sisters and going to Musso & Frank’s,’ she said
Jodie couldn’t contain her happiness as she held a wide smile
She recalled ‘putting my feet in the cement and measuring my feet to the other people – and yes, of course, saying: “Ooh, someday I would want that”‘
Jodie clarified that she wanted her prints in front of the TLC Chinese Theatre ‘not because I wanted to be a movie star, but because I wanted to be real’
Jodie said: ‘So that was some kind of crazy fantasy that I had about belonging, which brings me here today, ’cause here I am with my family, right? My family and friends’
Jodie said: ‘So that was some kind of crazy fantasy that I had about belonging, which brings me here today, ’cause here I am with my family, right? My family and friends’
She noted that both of them starred in different movies of the novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers, whose father was The Sound Of Music composer Richard Rodgers
Jodie played the daughter in the original 1976 mother-daughter comedy, while Jamie Lee played the mother opposite Lindsay Lohan in the 2003 remake
In her speech, Jamie Lee wryly noted that Jodie’s TCL Chinese Theatre ceremony was occurring on ‘a freaky Friday, if you will,’ as seen in footage from MaximoTV
Jodie and Jamie Lee ‘met outside of show-off-business’ and ‘became part of a group of best friends who suit up and show up for each other in a very powerful and beautiful way’
Jodie and TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz chatted about her phenomenal film career
Alexandra and Jodie attend Firooz Zahedi Opening At Kopeikin Gallery on April 27, 2014
Alexandra and Jodie attend L.A. Dance Project Annual Gala on October 16, 2021
Jamie Lee, who grew up in Hollywood as the daughter of Psycho blonde Janet Leigh and Some Like It Hot heartthrob Tony Curtis, delivered a glowing tribute to Jodie.
She noted that both of them starred in different movies of the novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers, whose father was The Sound Of Music composer Richard Rodgers.
Jodie played the daughter in the original 1976 mother-daughter comedy, while Jamie Lee played the mother opposite Lindsay Lohan in the 2003 remake.
In her speech, Jamie Lee wryly noted that Jodie’s TCL Chinese Theatre ceremony was occurring on ‘a freaky Friday, if you will,’ as seen in footage from MaximoTV.
However the True Lies star noted that she and Jodie ‘met outside of show-off-business’ and ‘became part of a group of best friends who suit up and show up for each other in a very powerful and beautiful way.’
