Jodie Foster slams Gen Z as 'really annoying' to work with, saying they can't even write emails correctly

• Jodie Foster has slammed Gen Z, saying that she finds them "really annoying" to work with.
• She told The Guardian: "They're like, 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10:30 a.m.'"

Jodie Foster slammed Generation Z, saying they can be "really annoying" to work with.

In an interview with The Guardian, the Oscar-winning actor said she found it difficult to understand the attitudes towards work held by Gen Zers — usually considered to be those born between 1997 and 2012.

"They're really annoying, especially in the workplace," she said. "They're like, 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10.30 a.m.'"

She added that they also often failed to grasp the necessity of writing professional-sounding emails.

"In emails, I'll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?

"And they're like, 'Why would I do that, isn't that kind of limiting?'"

Despite her complaints, Foster singled out one Gen Z actor that she admires: Bella Ramsey.

Foster, who stars in the upcoming season of the drama "True Detective," spoke about meeting the non-binary British actor at Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood event.

At Foster's request, "The Last of Us" star introduced her on stage at the event, which took place last month.

She praised Ramsey for not only delivering "the best speech" but for attending the ceremony wearing a "beautifully tailored" suit and "a middle parting and no makeup."

Foster noted that most of the other attendees were "wearing heels and eyelashes."

"There are other ways of being a woman, and it's really important for people to see that," she added.

The former child star — who rose to prominence after starring in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" at age 12 — said that when she was younger she wouldn't have been able to dress as Ramsey had at a Hollywood event.

"Because we weren't free. Because we didn't have freedom. And hopefully that's what the vector of authenticity that's happening offers — the possibility of real freedom," Foster said.

The "Silence of the Lambs" star also gave some advice to young people in the film industry: "They need to learn how to relax, how to not think about it so much, how to come up with something that's theirs."

"I can help them find that, which is so much more fun than being, with all the pressure behind it, the protagonist of the story," she added.

"True Detective: Night Country" is due to premiere on January 14.