Famke Janssen quotes

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them. (Famke Janssen)
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 love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
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I want to work with great directors. I want to work on good material with good actors. I've probably done 20 movies at this point and a lot of independents. It's been an incredible ride and I love it and I'm just going to keep going and doing what I'm doing.
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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 have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that.
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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 personally like to do independent films. (Famke Janssen)
I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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The Dutch are a very practical people.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.
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I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
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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 live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker. (Famke Janssen)
I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have 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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