Famke Janssen once remarked that she hated the food in her native Netherlands. "They overcook everything," she explained. "All you get is overcooked, tough meat and overcooked, tasteless vegetables. So I hate to cook."

Even her holiday appetite, she declared, was little affected by what she ate: "For Thanksgiving, I really don't care... as long as my meat gets well massaged that day, if you know what I mean, baby!"