Quotes By Famke Janssen

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

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.

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

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.

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

I personally like to do independent films.

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

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.

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

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.

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 don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Netflix is something I watch.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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