103 Quotes by Famke Janssen

I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil. She was in the comic books at some point but the way the writers created her or we always talked about her, was that she was torn with her powers taking over and trying to control them at the same time. It was challenging to play which made it interesting for me to play this character.

I personally like to do independent films.

I'm very grateful for work especially in film industry. It's highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode.

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.

Jean Grey, the Phoenix … she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.

I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.

I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.

Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.

Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.