Famke Janssen

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be. ”

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. ”

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way. ”

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

Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States. ”

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. ”

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation. ”

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? ”

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. ”

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film. ”