Famke Janssen Quotes
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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Jean Grey, the Phoenix... she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.
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It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
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I am attracted to the dark side of life!
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Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
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Just because youre of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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Every single time when you act in a film, and there's a different director, which of course as actors we're used to experiencing that's what we do, it's a different experience.
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I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.
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I don't think about better. You just want it to work. You want it to work and you have your guide with the script. You want it to exist and complete.
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It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way.
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Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.
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I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.
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I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.
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My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.
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I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.
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When somebody walks into a room they give off a certain kind of vibe or whatever and at that point that's how you're going to cast them.
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I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.
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I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.
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I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.
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When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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Nobody sets out to make a bad film.
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I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.
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We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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