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Daily Inspiration Quote by Famke Janssen

"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over"

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There is something wonderfully unglamorous hiding inside the glamour here: a movie-star wardrobe assembled the way normal people assemble an outfit for a big night out, by raiding a friend’s closet and shrugging, this works. Famke Janssen punctures the myth of celebrity as a sealed, luxury ecosystem. The line lands because it frames styling not as divine inspiration or brand strategy, but as logistics, intimacy, and opportunism. A stylist isn’t just a gatekeeper of taste; she’s a friend with a key to a room full of options.

The specificity does the heavy lifting. “Went over to her place” pulls us out of red carpets and into an apartment. “She’s got a lot of clothes” is almost comically blunt, like a teenager explaining a good thrift store. Then the kicker: “I basically ended up wearing most of it.” That exaggeration reads as self-aware, hinting at the slightly ridiculous excess built into fashion culture, even when it’s framed as casual borrowing.

Subtextually, Janssen is also managing an old Hollywood problem: appearing effortless while admitting the effort. She claims authorship (“stuff that I brought over”) without pretending it sprang from nowhere. It’s a neat bit of cultural positioning: aspirational, but not alienating; stylish, but not sanctimonious; plugged into the machinery, but willing to show the seams. In an era when celebrity looks are treated like corporate campaigns, this feels like a small vote for human-scale glamour.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Janssen, Famke. (2026, January 15). I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-a-friend-in-new-york-whos-a-stylist-and-i-140657/

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Janssen, Famke. "I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-a-friend-in-new-york-whos-a-stylist-and-i-140657/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-a-friend-in-new-york-whos-a-stylist-and-i-140657/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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Famke Janssen (born November 5, 1965) is a Actress from Netherland.

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