Hey guys I love Jodie Foster so much any tips on how someone like me can impress her?

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How many people are actually going to get this?

Wow. The guy could have killed Reagan.The world would probably be a much better place if he succeeded.

She looks like she's 15 in this gif...

She was 16 or 17, so you're not far off.

No she was 12 when cast and 13 when the film was released. (edit: unless the gif is from 4 years later)

She was 12 years old when she was in Taxi Driver, her breakout role.

I have no idea what this is about. Somebody care to explain?

There's this song by Wall of Voodoo called ''Far Side of Crazy'', go listen to that a few times then come back and read the rest of the comment. ::: spoiler spoiler pretty cool song right? :::

::: spoiler spoiler Anyway, It's about John Hinckley, a lot of the lyrics were lifted from a sort of manafesto he wrote, he tried to assassinate Ronald Regan, he had a lot of mental health issues, and he watched Taxi Driver, and decided to do what he titular character does in the film by assassinating a politician, it's not clear if he understood Jodie Foster was a seperate person from the character she played in the film, but his motivation was to impress her. :::

I learnt about it on an episode of American Dad LOL

It was the Well There's Your Problem podcast on an episode talking about PSR or something like that for me

Get it? I remember it! I was only 4 or 5 years old, but my parents had the Newshour on every night and listened to NPR too.

Anyone who knows who Hickley was historically, as he was released recently, and there's video of Regan doing his 'missed me' joke at rallies making it's rounds ever few months, I'd say pretty much anyone with internet or reads the newspaper likely knows.