Famke Janssen Quotes
We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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'Heartbeats' is a film on people magnifying and subliming reality when they're in love. Hence the overstylized look, the aesthetics, the robes, the dresses, the vintage, hipster-ish look: All of this is voluntary. I'm not a hipster. I'm not!
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America is huge.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I often think about death, and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
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I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.
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Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
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When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.
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I was a born rock n' roll sax player.
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I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.
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Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.
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We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
