Famke Janssen Quotations

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.

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.

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

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.

I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

Just because youre of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.

Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.

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.

I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.

I've lived in New York for a really long time.

My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.

Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

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.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I like the work that I get to do.

I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.

I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.

We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.

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.

You don't ever know with films. You just hope for the best, but sometimes it's a bit of a crapshoot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.

The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in that anymore.

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.

I personally like to do independent films.

I'm very grateful for work especially in film industry. It's highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode.

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.

Jean Grey, the Phoenix … she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.

I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.

I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.

Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.

Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.

I don't even have cable anymore, or a television. I just watch on computers. It's clearly the future of where we're heading.

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.

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...

The Dutch are a very practical people.

Netflix is something I watch.

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.

It's different for each individual. It's different when you talk about homosexuality. It's different when you talk about a malady like deafness. Everybody might have a different response to that and that's what makes it an interesting subject to throw in a movie.

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.

I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

I'm honestly so incredibly grateful for every opportunity I get in film industry. Don't forget! I was born in a tiny little country in a small town and here I am working in Canada and America and it's incredible.

Enjoy it while it lasts.