Famke Janssen - College tour 2014

Famke Janssen - College tour
26-09-2014

[@matthewmayhem9213]

She has always been one of my secret crushes. I don't care for her age, she is gorgeous.

[@joegee1000]

One of the most powerful testimonies I've heard for finding one's own voice despite all of the pressures and influences that work to homogenize humanity in our culture and reduce the individual down to a commodity. She's the real deal. Not just a another beautiful face. Great interview!

[@irizjuh1321]

Feeling bad for the English speakers who weren't able to follow the interview with her sisters(5:00-7:00), I decided to translate it for you guys! M: Dropdead gorgeous. According to my mom she's been that pretty since birth. A: I can remember a phase in which she was scared and cried about a lot of things. We (the sisters) decided to try to harden Famke. M: I think Famke has always been wanton without someone actually noticing. A: I can remember that Famke had once chased me down an entire mall only because I was wearing one of her sweatshirts. She beated me up in the middle of the mall and pulled off the sweater. She was scouted by a modeling agency when she was seventeen years old getting big commissions fairly in Holland fairly soon. Then she traveled to Paris and moved to NY with the intention of coming back to the Netherlands later on. But she was doing so well. Her career was blossoming and the USA just suited her. M: Suddenly she had so much money. *laughs* I did not. A: On a particular moment, she started taking acting classes. She had never told me much about them. M: While I was still taking acting classes, she was starring in a James Bond movie and instantly became an huge star. A: We loved it. M: She had a car with a driver and a suite in the Amstel Hotel. So we stayed with her in her in turns. Whenever I go with her to things like that, it feels as I'm on a movie set. She's always been a bit the unapproachable, beautiful woman, not always easy to come in touch with. At the wedding of Antoinette, everyone started acting a little weird, when she came into the room. Just before she went home, she started dancing like crazy.. On her own and completely out of the blue. In my opinion, that's what makes Famke who she is. Of course Famke worries about aging. Not specifically about her appearance, but about getting diseases and losing loved ones. Last year we've lost our mother and our father passed away two years earlier. The last times everything went downhill, she was so far away and she had to travel by plane for eight hours only so she could see us. That did get to worry. My apologies for any grammar, spelling and/or wording mistakes, but as you can see (or read), I'm not a native English speaker. I hope it did help! :)

[@betinixdraws4302]

+Iris thank you it's perfectly understandable

[@matthias3923]

thank you, im german and probably im gonna learn some dutch in the future. but i couldnt understand anything, so many thanks !! :-) So many words sound so similiar and often you clearly get some words. But still its rare that I can comprehend a sentence, but the words that are bbvious for a german, like mogelijk, they just read/sound so amusing. I want to learn that language !!

[@brucenator]

+Iris I did the same thing for the first 2 minutes or so. Transcribed in Dutch first (not 100 percent perfect) and then translated into English. Any corrections appreciated! TWAN: Hello. Hallo. Goeienavond en welkom bij College Tour vanavond opnieuw hier vanuit New York. Zij werd geboren in Amstelveen maar ze woont al 30 jaar in deze prachtstad. Eerst begon haar carriére als fotomodel, maar daarna brak ze door met haar fenomenale rol in James Bond GoldenEye als Xenia Onatopp. En vanaf dat moment ging haar carriére skyhigh. Ze werkte met alle groten hier in de filmindustrie. Met Robert De Niro, Woody Allen en Michael Douglas. En nog steeds speelt ze in grote filmseries zoals bijvoorbeeld X-Men. Maar ook bij Netflix in Hemlock Grove, bijvoorbeeld. En ze gaat voor het eerst een Nederlandse film maken samen met haar twee zussen. Wij gaan daar allemaal over praten. Samen met honderd studenten hier in Brooklyn, New York interview ik acteur en regisseur Famke Janssen. Hallo. Mmm. Twee heb jij hier. FAMKE: O ja, twee, dat is waar. T: Two. Ja. F: Hallo. T: Welcome. Welkom. F: Thank-you. T: Je hebt twee kussen in Amerika? F: In Amerika en drie in Nederland. T: In Nederland, ja. F: En één… Nee, nee, eigenlijk in Amerika als een meer soort van hug. T: Uh-huh. F: [Dat kun je doen], toch? T: Ja. Luister, euhm, ontzettend fijn dat je hier bent. Wij hebben hier Nederlandse studenten, maar ook, euhm… Eerste wel, hoeveel Nederlanders hebben wij in de zaal? Fijn te zien. Veel. How many American students are here? OK, dus. Wat zou wij doen, Nederlands of Engels? __________________________________________________ TWAN: Hello. Hello. Good evening and welcome to College Tour here once again this evening from New York. She was born in Amstelveen but has been living in this magnificent city for 30 years. She initially began her career as a model, but soon broke through with her phenomenal role as Xenia Onatopp in the James Bond film GoldenEye. And from there her career went sky high. She has worked with all of the greats here in the movie industry: Robert De Niro, Woody Allen and Michael Douglas. And more so, she has been playing in big movie series such as X-Men. But also on Netflix, in Hemlock Grove, for example. And, for the first time, she is making a Dutch film, together with her two sisters. We'll be talking all about that. Along with a hundred students here in Brooklyn, New York, I'm interviewing actor and director Famke Janssen. Hello. Mmm. You do two here. FAMKE: Oh yeah, two, that's true. T: Two. Yeah. F: Hello. T: Welcome. Welcome. F: Thank-you. T: You do two kisses in America? F: In America and three in the Netherlands. T: In the Netherlands, yeah. F: And one… No, no, actually in America more as a kind of hug. T: Uh-huh. F: [You can do that], right? T: Yeah. Listen, um, really nice to have you here. We have Dutch students here, but also, um… First, how many people from the Netherlands do we have in the house? Nice to see. Lots. How many American students are here? Okay, so. What should we do, Dutch or English?

[@rankoorovic7904]

Her sister said of her that she's a wanton?That's not nice to say about a woman.

[@irizjuh1321]

Yo'u're welcome! :D

[@antoniodragonheart8965]

50? She looks 40 at most. Unique, beautiful, gifted and experienced. I like her roles very much.

[@betinixdraws4302]

My favorite actress since I was 9, and now I just fell in love with her a bit more. "I don't go to parties, I don't date famous people, I'm antisocial, I think I got lucky". No Famke, you didn't get lucky. You built your career on HARD WORK and TALENT, instead of licking the right people's asses, which is so common and so annoying in every industry nowadays. Hard work or being good at something seems to be worthless and having contacts is the way to go. This is so wrong in so many ways. It's refreshing to see someone succeeding because of hard work instead of knowing the right people. ...And she likes Anna Karenina, my favorite book. I always imagined her as the perfect person to play Anna I literally gasped when she said her dream role is Anna! (screw you Keira). She admitted something I've never seem ANYONE admit in whatever career. "If I knew things were going to be this hard I'd never have started". So true haha. But people prefer to be fake and say "It was hard but I'd do it all over again" LIE LIE LIE. She looks unapproachable but so human at the same time. Definitely the most interesting person on this planet.

[@kristenkendell7483]

She was my favorite when I was 8

[@ostrovisky]

suuuch a good interview. love her.

[@angelesvirgo95]

I think she's amazing! so elegant, so smart, so talent, so down to earth. She's definitely my rol model.

[@pobrenghilas1253]

seems like we have the same addiction here!!!wanna give me your facebook or instagram perhaps???

[@abhirmalhotra5103]

+Perry Ryan loooooool boy

[@pobrenghilas1253]

+Abhir Malhotra :)

[@michaelkylow4411]

She is so classy and powerful and confident, and, at the same time, as she said, antisocial, haha! Love her so bad, she is not afraid of showing who she really is.

[@GabriellavanBerk]

I just recently started to watch some work of her and i think that she´s just so amazing as an actress :)

[@ariekamstra2329]

A Dutch actress, a Dutch host, most in the audience are Dutch and it's a Dutch tv-show: let's do it in English. Makes sense.

[@goverypro3010]

Dutch actress who lives in Amerika, plays in English movies, talking to a mostly American audience in America maar jij wilt dat het in het Nederlands gaat..

[@Lowlanders]

This interview was taken in New York and 30 to 40 percent of the audience was American. Like she said in the beginning it's kinda rude to not speak in English because of the American students who were in the room. So yeah it makes sense.

[@janeybakarbessy2330]

She lives for 30 years and her Englisch is so perfect so why not. It's recorded in New York. So why not? Speaks it fluently. If she would speak like a dutch in a Barry Stevens way people will think Ok, why not talk in Dutch. So why do you question it?

[@lowiebovens.]

Als je niets voor stelt in deze wereld kun je altijd proberen iets te zijn, meestal zijn het Hollanders die zich een air aanmeten gebaseerd op gebakken lucht....

[@Ariadne1026]

I've been trying to be like her all my life but what she said at the end of the interview totally made sense. I will forever love this actress.

[@stadtjer689]

Damn, it’s pretty sad to spend a life trying to be like someone else

[@Ariadne1026]

@@stadtjer689 pretty sad for other people's pov, but I was happy.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

52 and INCREDIBLY desirable woman. Such charm, such grace..

[@bluelightning627]

This chick is too hot for 50

[@user-eo3kd5sj6k]

Too hot for life

[@SuperHns]

Yep Dutch people we are very hot people hahahaha

[@NotAnotherKuromi]

@@sophiar6996 It's ok to have short arms on a guy, we are all built differently. Generally the taller you are the larger you feet, unless you are a hobbit. There are quite a few tall women in the world, idk if you have been rejected by them but I assure you the reason for them rejecting you was not because they were born a man. From an all natural female 6' 2" model.

[@peanutsinspace]

I had the subtitles on and when he announced Famke the subtitles called her 'Frumpy Yeltsin' Wrong lol just so wrong.

[@artist-es2fl]

interesting she mentions Louise Bourgeoise..one of my fav artists as is Famke.. independent hardworking inspired artists

[@WeCaredALot]

She is so gorgeous, omg.

[@tvscenespowers4159]

So sad she underwent surgery and now it looks so different :c

[@Kinkoyaburi]

I like her since the moment I saw her in Golden Eye.

[@user-eo3kd5sj6k]

I was planning to make a Xenia Onatopp's collage and this video has given me so many things to think, im old enough to understand what She says in several answers about life aspects.

[@_Colie]

Her hair is amazing

[@asbaran]

Her first ever work that got aired here in the Philippines was "Model by Day" back in the early 90s. I don't get why it doesn't get featured in her body of work. She was awesome there!

[@JeNn0mic0n]

13:00 Carice van Houten (aka Melisandre) ! ♥ ♥ ♥ The night is dark and full of terrors.

[@twanmaria458]

She stil looks incredible, I admire her for wat she has achieved alone. Despite her succes she still is kind and Nice .I feel some resemblance to the way she is and talks . I think much more approachable than other Dutch "stars" . Wish it would be more for her Dutch fans.

[@enorth7301]

but her american fans love her too!

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

I keep going, because she says "NEVER GIVE UP!"

[@DryNox]

Mensen in de comments die zeuren over dat ze Engels praat... Als je in je leven ooit eens met Engels te maken krijgt, weet je dat het meer dan normaal is om de bijeenkomst in het Engels te houden als er niet alleen Nederlanders aanwezig zijn. Bovendien kunnen al haar niet-Nederlandse fans nu ook van deze uitzending genieten.

[@Jorendo]

+Every Year in Music Playlists En het feit dat het in Amerika is opgenomen telt ook mee. Was ze in NL op bezoek geweest dan pirma. Maar nu waren zij daar, dan is het wel zo beleefd om het in het Engels te doen ja. En lekker hypocriet, zeuren over dat het in Engels gedaan word, maar niet bij winkels aanklopen "waarom noemen jullie het sales en niet gewoon Nederlands koopjes?"

[@DryNox]

+Jorendo Of shoppen ipv winkelen. sowieso dat veel Nederlandse popartiesten bijna altijd in het Engels zingen. Mensen uit het buitenland die ik hierover spreek verbazen zich hier vaak over.

[@andreewert1142]

Famke seems smart and beautiful

[@MrMotorrijder]

Famke jij bent echt een klasse dame en respect voor alles wat je bereikt hebt in uw leven ;-)

[@xkrayvin5809]

she is 51 im 16 but I love her!

[@monionlee4012]

26:27 totally touched my heart

[@ineedcoffee4893]

What a woman. Wow!

[@EdwinXavier816]

Famke amor de mis amores.

[@baggiowong2105]

Is it just me or do multilingual people just seem smarter when formulating their responses?

[@carlosbarragan1673]

It is true, because english uses less words so you try to adapt.your natural language to answer In English.

[@tinytrailerzz6337]

I love that little subtle accent she has omg😍😍

[@MelindaColden]

+Tiny Trailerzz she has a accent? :D i always thought she spoke perfect american english but hey im not a native speaker myself so who am i to judge :)

[@MelindaColden]

+Melinda Colden *an accent my gosh

[@mynintendobroke]

Melinda Colden She normally does, but her accent probably came out a little because of the host.

[@SuperPasdaran]

soooo beautifuulll

[@shawnpoliskey1830]

i really would have liked to see what was said in this video but the subtitles were soo bad that i could really understand only the words that were the same or similar in the english language anyway, and it seemed that those were not even right

[@classiusclaybatistaxavier3636]

a Famke é uma atriz incrível, para mim será eternamente o rosto da Jean Grey no cinema

[@bronosx2246]

She looks so young for that age.

[@patmctallica3522]

Nice to watch! What a grace lady, but my dutch is bad ;) She is able to play the good and the bad, but she looks always good!!!

[@rodrigomonsalve3698]

she have phoenix blod in her veins

[@enorth7301]

what's a blod?

[@marlizheroj707]

She is beautiful 🤗🧚💝💋

[@anthonystar]

Very intelligent and classy lady :)

[@dontpuchit]

50??????!!!! WTF

[@xkrayvin5809]

51 now buddy

[@tvscenespowers4159]

54 now :)

[@stadtjer689]

@@tvscenespowers4159 55 now?

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

I can relate... People don't like how I look, or they think that I am whatever; Just talk to me, you might be surprised...

[@lindaleudo]

Incredible

[@Metasisic]

You are being rather vague, but I agree.

[@lindaleudo]

@@Metasisic She could and should have done the interview in Dutch but chose to do it in English to the benefit of Americans at the summit in NYC. We have the internet, we can google.

[@lindaleudo]

@@Metasisic shes also humble and blunt honest.

[@BrokenNoah]

20:32 Dude at the back is thirsty af

[@juresaiyan]

ROFLMAO

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

brokennoah that nigga parched 😂

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

I have the same problem, with people spot judging me

[@TitanSea]

What do her sisters say about her?

[@MrJayKiki]

They say she's unproachable and that it was a hard time for them that she lived in New York while their mother was sick, And that she is someone that won't easily give up

[@enorth7301]

And that she was always beautiful according to their mom, and that America suits her

[@moisesperez9762]

Famke Janssen 1.82 cm height

[@Jadeejj]

Ah, wat een leuke en lieve jongen is dat op 41:00 ''apologies if this question is a bit personal'' Marry me!

[@Metasisic]

I listened to most if not all of this interview and wanted to say a little about it. If looks could kill we'd all be dead, that's what I take from it as its chief contribution. The endless barrage of questions sort of unnecessary. I see actors as a sort of simulated brand that tirelessly triumphs through their various conflict resolutions on the big screen. I don't see them as necessarily much more than that, or not much more than that anymore. And yes, most often the women are beautiful.

[@ZanyJIntPictures]

I like that; lets be fair to everyone here!!!

[@antoniomoreira9152]

muito gata essa mulher

[@civleaderSoprano]

Waarom niet in het Nederlands?

[@downtown82]

Begin van het interview niet gezien? Er zitten Amerikanen in het publiek en ze vond het onbeleefd om het interview te doen in het Nederlands. Een deel van het publiek zou het interview dan namelijk niet kunnen volgen.

[@Jadeejj]

En ook omdat ze nu beter is in American English dan in Nederlands

[@civleaderSoprano]

Jadeejj Neejoh, heb je haar wel eens Nederlands horen praten? Perfect(2013) Je verlies echt niet je moedertaal 1,2,3. Haar Nederlands is meer dan voldoende om een interview. Ze heb vast wel nog Nederlandse vrienden en familie. Sterker nog ze zij in de Amerikaans tv show Ellen dat ze goed is in talen en ze spreek: Nederlands, Engels,Duits en Frans.

[@jhcfight]

Inderdaad! Het is onbeleefd om Nederlands te spreken omdat er een paar Engelstaligen in het publiek zitten die het Nederlands niet machtig zijn? Ik vind het behoorlijk onbeleefd om de meerderheid te negeren en de Nederlandse taal te typeren als "overgeven in je mond". Het lijkt erop dat je in Hollywood behoorlijk slechte manieren leert.

[@downtown82]

***** Je kunt overal een probleem van willen maken en iedereen om alles willen afzeiken. Er is voor gekozen om in de Engelse taal te communiceren zodat alle aanwezigen het interview konden volgen. En omdat wij in de Nederlandse taal een harde tongval hebben klinkt het voor buitenlanders inderdaad alsof wij 'overgeven in onze mond'. Mensen die ABN spreken zeggen over Brabanders/ Limburgers weer dat ze 'lui in de bek' zijn dus we hebben allemaal wel wat. M.b.t. het interview was dit een nette keuze. Klaar.

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I guess her teacher was right haha! Maybe the teacher knew what was right for her.

[@SuperHns]

haha die twee gasten op de achtergrond als zij zegt dat ze 50 wordt, hahahahahaha kijken naar elkaar alsof ze zeggen GODDAMNNNNN she is still smoking hot xD

[@jonkaasman693]

Actrice en Producente, ZAL je bedoelen.

[@TheBoots72]

She looks 38.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

And she is 51!

[@TheBoots72]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας Yeah! Can't believe they thought she looked too old to be in x men.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

TheBoots72 Yet she was the perfect Jean Grey. On the contrary, Sansa Stark was not. Famke is a gorgeous woman but beyond her beuty she is very mysterious and charming. As a woman she is simply.. powerful..

[@charisma5337]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας I agree!! she is a mystery

[@Dark_Voice]

I dont know where was the problem though. If Sophie Turner got casted for this version of Jean Grey where she looks like a pathetic child scared af. Basically Sansa Stark with Phoenix Force. Or if she wasnt and Sophie Turner played it badly. Thats why I wanna see more of Sophie Turner Jean. Because it could be directors fault or hers or writers fault. (I bet on writing as their is usually hidden the problem is hollywood.)

[@jeannemieklavesimpel707]

zes iël skeun zei!

[@Lommy9999]

She needs to grow her eyebrows.

[@anyuusuga8239]

divina

[@nicolapaden]

Wow she soo does not look 50 :0

[@rankoorovic7904]

I was so disappointed to see what she has done to herself recently with plastic surgery.

[@katie.e.g.]

Ranko Orović looks like she just got fillers and some Botox... it’ll wear down

[@mrjohnnyflacko]

Waarom spreekt ze Engels? Best jammer dat ze niet gewoon Nederlands spreekt.

[@DrJangoR9]

Famke mag wel Engels praten zonder problemen. Maar Nederland valt massaal over Regilio Tuur..

[@BigGuysTravel]

Dus omdat 5 studenten uit New York vrijwillig naar een Nederlands programma gaan met een Nederlandse gast dat uitgezonden wordt voor en door de Nederlandse (publieke) televisie mogen alle (Nederlandse) kijkers drie kwartier ondertitels lezen. BELACHELIJK!

[@felix121984]

Famke Janssen is somewhat of a Greata Garbo.

[@pumba16121983]

Zo raar om haar nederlands te horen spreken

[@LisaMariavanHarmelen]

Throwing up in our mounths? Seriously.... als je zo praat over je eigen afkomst vind ik een beetje onbeleefd hoor.

[@jrmichaelaupers]

+Lisa van Harmelen Zo klinkt het nou eenmaal ;) Zij kan het weten

[@SuperZiggy82]

+Michael Aupers Zo klinkt t niet, Ik heb in Amerika gewoont. Famke weet gewoon heel goed, hoe je Amerikaans moet zijn. Dus ik snap haar heel goed... ze woont en heeft haar werk daar, dus zo moet ze doen.Als ze te Nederlands doet, kost 't haar rollen. Maar ik ben 't met Lisa eens, dat ze niet zooo denigrerend hoeft te doen over haar eigen afkomst

[@WesleyPechler]

Er zit een groot verschil tussen denigrerend of onbeleefd doen en gewoon een gezonde dosis zelfspot hebben en dit behoorde duidelijk tot de laatste van die twee. Als je in Nederland opgroeit merk je niet hoe 'guttural' en rauw onze g-klank is, zeker in combinatie met de r. Dat komt gewoon in vrijwel geen enkele andere taal voor, en mensen met Engels als hun moedertaal kennen dat geluid alleen van het schrapen van je keel of inderdaad overgeven. Vrij onschuldig grapje lijkt me.

[@SuperHns]

nou ja ze heeft wel gelijk, zo klinkt Duits of Nederlands voor mensen die het niet spreken, ik woon zelf in Mexico en ik kan het beamen.

[@flowerchild1572]

Wat een pretenties, ze kan nog steeds gewoon nederlands praten maar ja, dat mag niemand weten! Doe toch normaal mens

[@Jorendo]

+flowerchild 1 De eerste minuut gemist? Waarin werd vermeld dat ze in New York zijn en het voor de Amerikanen in het publiek ook verstaanbaar willen houden?