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

Famke Janssen

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Famke Janssen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Model
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Famke Beumer
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Six
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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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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.
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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.
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The Dutch are a very practical people.
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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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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 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.
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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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I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.
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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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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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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.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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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 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.
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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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Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.
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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 like the work that I get to do.
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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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