Famke Janssen Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

I personally like to do independent films.

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

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.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

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

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 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.

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

Netflix is something I watch.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

I like the work that I get to do.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.