John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 for the shooting after arguing he was mentally ill and obsessed with the movie “Taxi Driver” and Foster, a cast member whom he had stalked.
“I just wish Jodie Foster well, you know,” Hinckley said. “I don’t really see her movies, but I wish her well, and I know she’s doing quite well. And that’s all I can say is just, I wish Jodie well, and I hope she has a good life.”
Hinckley shot Reagan as well as press secretary James Brady outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981. The then-president recovered from a punctured lung, but Brady was left permanently disabled before dying of his injuries in 2014.