Jodie Foster already has more than 90 combined acting and directing credits to her name, and she’s not slowing down anytime soon.

At Tuesday’s premiere of the documentary “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache,” Foster, age 56, discussed her current ambitions as a budding director, as well as her long-term goals to evolve as an actress in her later years.

“I’m pretty focused on the behind-the-scenes now,” Foster said. “Sometimes I’ll make more movies as a director and sometimes more as an actor. I would say this is a more director-heavy moment, but I’m for sure going to be acting a lot when I’m 70 and 80. I’m really excited about that, actually.”

Foster, who executive produced and narrates the doc about Guy-Blache’s accomplishments as a pioneering filmmaker, reflected on her own start, when women were scarcely seen behind the camera.

“I was incredibly lucky, at a very young age, to have had lots of experience with some of the guys that had the ability to give me my first job as a director, and they trusted me,” Foster said. “At 27 years old, to trust a woman with a substantial movie is something I’ll never forget.”

But Foster insists there’s plenty of room to grow and still considers herself somewhat new to filmmaking. “I’ve always been in two different parts of the business, and as an actor, I’ve made far more movies and was far more accomplished,” she said. “I’m young as a director, so I still have so much more to learn.”

— Variety