Actress Jodie Foster recently dished on her Oscar nomination as a director for one of "Orange is the New Black's" episode, "Lesbian Request Denied."

The 51-year-old sat down with Deadline and explained the difference between her being an actress and a director, according to UPI.

"As a director, dramedy is what I do. It's now who I am as an actor. The genre requires very specific skill set in terms of recognizing what is quirky and perverse, and to be moved by it. The female prisoners on Orange is the New Black have a very spiritual journey that's so complex. They're all soul-searching and they change through each other."

Foster admitted that the Netflix series first landed on her radar after she read Piper Kerman's novel, Deadline revealed.

"I asked my agents, 'Can I be a part of this?' and they said that Jenji Kohan just bought it for Netflix." Having learned that one of her good friends work as a line producer for the show, Foster pursued her desire to direct one of its episodes and was successful at it.

"They essentially said 'Hey you get this one,'" Foster admitted that she did not choose the episode she directed, rather it was handed on to her by Kohan and Netflix.

"Orange is the New Black" follows the life of Taylor Schilling, who plays the character of Piper Chapman, a newly engaged upper-middle class woman who finds herself involved in drug troubles due to her ex-girlfriend's previous commitments, the same publication noted.

Prior to filming Foster's episode, "Lesbian Request Denied," the actress explained, "I'm not one for lounging around and having long soliloquies about a character. TV is the biggest team effort and the pace happens so fast. I am an actor's director, the first of whom signed with Orange. A lot of the actresses on the show are fresh out of Julliard," Foster said as reported by Web Pro News.