Famke Janssen Quotes

Dutch - Actress Born: November 5, 1965

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. Famke Janssen

Work, Great, Disappointment, People, You

I am attracted to the dark side of life! Famke Janssen

Life, I Am, Dark, Dark Side, Side, Am

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. Famke Janssen

Mountain, Happy, Ride, Crazy, Space, Say

The Dutch are a very practical people. Famke Janssen

People, Practical, Dutch, Very

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

Acting, Place, First, Opera, Soap, Role

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

Women, Men, Ready, Want, Always, Because

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. Famke Janssen

Dark, Know, Want, Touch, Phoenix, Going

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

Good, You, Will, Director, Film, Actor

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. Famke Janssen

Me, Country, Conservative, Up, Liberal

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. Famke Janssen

Work, Love, Good, Great, Keep Going

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

You, Just Because, Sex, Want, Difference

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

Path, Feel, Career, Done, My Own, Want

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. Famke Janssen

Character, Time, You, Important, Star

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

Cool, Name, Resume, Pretty, Next, Like

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

Love, Best, Movies, Look, Now, Scary

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. Famke Janssen

Wise, Fight, Choices, Action, You, Look

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. Famke Janssen

Good, Money, Doing, Movies, More, Always

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

Looking, Go For It, Way, Up, Only, Go

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. Famke Janssen

Work, Me, People, You, Know, Prepare

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. Famke Janssen

Friend, New York, Clothes, She, Place

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. Famke Janssen

Love, Great, Job, Thought, Movies, Two

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

Live, New York, New, Want, Move, Really

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

Up, Something, Triple, Script, Sort

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

Time, Fight, Trying, I Can, Hard, While

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

Success, You, Fame, Difficult, Achieve

I don't watch TV. Famke Janssen

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