Famke Janssen

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

Famke Janssen

creation darkness dark

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

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buttons pushing trying

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'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.

Famke Janssen

firm risk outcomes

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

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opera roles acting

Enjoy it while it lasts.

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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.

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

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hard fighting trying

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

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holland models new-york

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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disappointment expectations people

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.

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character book thinking

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

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language speak beautiful

Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

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film

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.

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grateful opportunity thinking

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

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grey phoenix way

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?

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independent drama needs

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.

Famke Janssen

home believe thinking

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

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

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

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