Famke Janssen

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

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

“I don't watch TV.”

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

“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.”

“הרגשתי שונה שנולדתי למשפחה עם שתי אחיות בלונדיניות וכחולות עיניים, כשאני הברונטית היחידה.”

“אני מאוד אסירת תודה על העבודה, במיוחד בעסק כמו זה שכולנו נמצאים בו ויש בו תחרותיות גבוהה והרבה אנשים שעומדים מאחוריי שיקפצו על ההזדמנות לעשות רק דבר אחד.”

“אני הרבה יותר מוכרת בזכות תפקידיי הקולנועיים, אבל המקום הנכון לשחקניות הוא בטלוויזיה, בטלוויזיה יש מגוון תפקידים עם בשר לנשים, כאלה שהן מלאות פגמים – מה שהופך את העבודה על הדמות להרבה יותר כיפית ומתגמלת. מותר להיות מבולגנת ולא רק מחויטת בתור אישה. מי יכולה לסרב לתפקיד כזה איכותי?”

“אני מעדיפה לא לעבוד בכלל מאשר לשחק בסרט שאף אחד לא צופה בו.”

“במשחק יש משהו ילדותי וכיפי.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”