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.

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Famke Janssen, a Dutch actress, really enjoyed the first two X-Men movies because she thought the director, Bryan Singer, did an excellent job. He made the whole superhero movie genre better and more interesting. Janssen believes Singer is a very skilled and talented director.

About Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen is a Dutch actress and former model who has played iconic roles in the GoldenEye, X-Men, and Taken film series. She has also directed a movie and appeared in various TV shows. Janssen has received recognition for her acting and has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations.

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

Famke Janssen

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Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I’d say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I’d only be in action films, but I’m interested in a more varied career than that.

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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.

Famke Janssen

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

Famke Janssen

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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn’t in the script. It was something that I came up with.

Famke Janssen

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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.

Famke Janssen

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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 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.

Famke Janssen

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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.

Famke Janssen

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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.

Famke Janssen

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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.

Famke Janssen

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

Famke Janssen

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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don’t Look Now are two of the best.

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

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.

Famke Janssen

Dutch actress

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

Famke Janssen

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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.

Famke Janssen

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

Famke Janssen

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