Famke Janssen Net Worth

Famke Janssen's Quotes

• I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette. [interview with People Weekly magazine, July 31, 2000. Volume 54, Number 5]
• I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.
• We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
• I don't want to be exploited. That of course, as an actress, is a real challenge, not to be exploited. So I'm just going to keep looking for as many different types of roles as I can find in different genre movies. That's my goal, my aim. I like doing that. I've had a pretty varied career so far.
• I don't even like talking about dating. It's like having a stamp on your forehead: 'I'm available and I'm looking'.

Interesting Facts about Famke Janssen

1. Her two sisters are blonde and blue-eyed, while she is the only brunette.
2. Was cast as Serleena in Men in Black II (2002) but had to drop out due to a death in the family. Lara Flynn Boyle was cast in her place.
3. Speaks Dutch, German, English and French.
4. Offered the lead female role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), but turned it down.
5. Sisters Antoinette Beumer and Marjolein Beumer are a director and actress respectively.
6. Wears size 11 shoes. Because of their large size, her shoes had to be especially made for her for the film GoldenEye (1995). In Love & Sex (2000), Jon Favreau's character jokes about how big her character's feet were.
7. Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.
8. While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) to promote her role of the sex-crazed assassin in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), Famke gave Conan a first hand experience of her character's signature moves by performing them on him using the top of his desk. When she asked him if he would like the demonstration, Conan responded with "This is what we in the industry call a 'no-brainer'."
9. Has a Boston Terrier named Licorice.
10. Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" [2002].
11. Her sister was visiting Southeast Asia during the Tsunami on December 26, 2004, and had to flee the water to save her life.
12. Originally, Famke Janssen was cast for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) series after her work on the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Perfect Mate (1992), and was to reprise her role as "Kamala". However, she wanted to leave herself open for feature film work and turned the role down. The role of "Jadzia Dax" was created to take the place of this character, which was performed by actress Terry Farrell.
13. Ex-sister-in-law of director Joram Lürsen.
14. Did all her own pool shots in Turn the River (2007).
15. Used to eat almonds and dried cranberries every day while filming X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
16. Her favorite movies of her career are Love & Sex (2000) and Turn the River (2007).
17. Turn the River (2007) was written for her by her The Treatment (2006) co-star Chris Eigeman.
18. Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980). Her all-time favorite movie is The Awful Truth (1937).
19. Is a fan of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
20. Sister-in-law of Rik Launspach.