Famke Janssen Quotes - Page 2

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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Thinking, Challenges, Actors

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Way, Fit, Surroundings

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

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• 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

  Stars, Character, Important

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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Knives, Would Be, Scared

  "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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• 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

  New York, Clothes, Stylist

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• 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, Fighting, Careers

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• 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

  Directors, Actors, Done

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

  Famke Janssen

  Scripts, Advertising Agencies

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

  Famke Janssen

  Play, Watches

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Famke Janssen

  Men, Superhero, Female

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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?

  Famke Janssen

  Drama, Independent, Needs

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

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• 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

  Film, Reason, Mainstream

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

  Famke Janssen

  Names, Next, Resumes

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• I personally like to do independent films.

  Famke Janssen

  Independent, Film, Independent Film

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

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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.

  Famke Janssen

  Believe, Home, Thinking

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

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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.

  Famke Janssen

  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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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Different Experiences, Directors, Actors

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

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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.

  Famke Janssen

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

  Famke Janssen

  Years, Income, Three

  "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 even have cable anymore, or a television. I just watch on computers. It's clearly the future of where we're heading.

  Famke Janssen

  Watches, Television, Computer

  "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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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Interesting, Different, Might

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

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• 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.

  Famke Janssen

  Independent, People, Challenges

  "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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• Netflix is something I watch.

  Famke Janssen

  Netflix, Watches

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

  Famke Janssen

  Directors, Actors, Film

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

  Famke Janssen

  New York, Long, Really Long

  "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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