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

Famke Janssen

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Famke Janssen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Screenwriter
Television Actor
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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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Nobody sets out to make a bad film.
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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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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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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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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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The Dutch are a very practical people.
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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.
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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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We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
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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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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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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.
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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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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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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.
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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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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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