#gr

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#country #deeply #during #first #grew

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

#cook #groceries #how #i #involved

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#filmmaker #grow #i #keep #person

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

#bryan #did #director #elevated #first

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

#because #disappointment #expectations #great #high

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#degree #gave #get #got #i

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#called #degree #feature #fellowship #film

I started working with friends of mine and that, to some degree, continues. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#degree #friends #i #mine #some

I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#being #blocking #character #cliche #complicated

I'm not a great piano player. ↗

— Norah Jones

#i #piano #piano player #player