Famke Janssen Quotes

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

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  Dark, Darkness, Creation

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• 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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  Careers, Done, Want

  "Ray Romano and Famke Janssen". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, ca.ign.com. October 20, 2004.

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• 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.

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  Illegal Things, Two, People

  "Famke Janssen and Bringing Up Bobby". Interview with Nicki Richesin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2012.

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• Enjoy it while it lasts.

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  Meaningful, Enjoy It While It Lasts, Lasts

  "Fictional character: Xenia Onatopp". "GoldenEye", www.imdb.com. November 13, 1995.

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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.

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  Risk, Outcomes, Firm

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

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  Trying, Buttons, Pushing

  "Famke Janssen on her directorial debut, the X-Men films, and Taken 2". Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 8, 2012.

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

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  Fighting, Trying, Hard

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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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  Country, Grateful, Opportunity

  "Famke Janssen Talks HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2, What’s New For Olivia, Working in Genre, and More". Interview, collider.com. July 5, 2014.

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• 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, People, Expectations

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• 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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  Book, Character, Thinking

  "The Phoenix Rises as Famke Janssen and James Marsden Talk X-Men: The Last Stand". Interview, movieweb.com. May 23, 2006.

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• 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.

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  Grateful, Opportunity, Jumping

  "Famke Janssen Talks HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2, What’s New For Olivia, Working in Genre, and More". Interview, collider.com. July 5, 2014.

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• 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.

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  Country, Religious, Oklahomans

  "Famke Janssen and Bringing Up Bobby". Interview with Nicki Richesin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2012.

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

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  Thinking, Choices, Actors

  "Famke Janssen Talks TAKEN 2, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE, Her Directorial Debut BRINGING UP BOBBY and Follow-Up RIO ROJO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Want, Scripts

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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

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  Acting, Roles, Opera

  "Famke Janssen and Liam Neeson have the family holiday from hell in Taken 2". Interview with John Hiscock, www.mirror.co.uk. October 05, 2012.

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

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  Beautiful, Language, Speak

  Interview with Drew Toal, www.timeout.com. May 7, 2008.

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• Nobody sets out to make a bad film.

  Famke Janssen

  Film

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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

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  Two, Shining, Scary

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• 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.

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  Dark, Men, Phoenix

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

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  Thinking, Directors, World

  "Famke Janssen Talks TAKEN 2, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE, Her Directorial Debut BRINGING UP BOBBY and Follow-Up RIO ROJO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• 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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  New York, Holland, Models

  "Famke Janssen and Liam Neeson have the family holiday from hell in Taken 2". Interview with John Hiscock, www.mirror.co.uk. October 5, 2012.

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

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  Directors, Actors, Film

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• 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

  "Famke Janssen Talks TAKEN 2, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE, Her Directorial Debut BRINGING UP BOBBY and Follow-Up RIO ROJO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Giving, Rooms, Kind

  "Famke Janssen Talks HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2, What’s New For Olivia, Working in Genre, and More". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. July 5, 2014.

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• 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.

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  Believe, Home, Thinking

  "Interview: Ray Romano and Famke Janssen". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, uk.ign.com. October 20, 2004.

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