Quotes by Famke Janssen

About Famke Janssen:

Famke Beumer Janssen is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter and former fashion model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–present), Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck and Lenore Mills in Taken (2008) and its sequels, Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2015). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011.
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I personally like to do independent films.

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

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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.

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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.

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

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I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

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

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

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

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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.

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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?

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

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

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

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Netflix is something I watch.

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

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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.

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameFamke Janssen
  • DescriptionDutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model
  • BornNovember 5, 1964
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Model; Film Director; Film Producer