Famke Janssen Quotes

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 am attracted to the dark side of life!

The Dutch are a very practical people.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a lucky five, maybe, you're that privileged, but most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and we're really extremely grateful for opportunities.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Netflix is something I watch.

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.

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

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

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