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The Dutch are a very practical people.

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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Television Actor
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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'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.
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I don't think about better. You just want it to work. You want it to work and you have your guide with the script. You want it to exist and complete.
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Just because youre of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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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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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 like the work that I get to do.
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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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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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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 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.
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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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I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.
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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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Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.
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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 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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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 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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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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