Quotes By Famke Janssen

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 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

Netflix is something I watch.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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