'X-Men' vet Janssen peers through director's lens (AP)

CANNES, France – Getting downsized out of screen roles is inevitable for most actors — and particularly actresses — as they get into their 40s and beyond. With her writing-directing debut, Famke Janssen is taking the do-it-yourself route to ensuring she still has a film career.

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Janssen's mother-son comic drama "Bringing Up Bobby," starring Milla Jovovich, is playing in the huge movie market that accompanies the Cannes Film Festival, where the filmmaker hopes to find distributors to put it into theaters in the United States and elsewhere.

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The 46-year-old Janssen aims for a career balance of acting and directing. "I'm hoping that I can juggle both for a little bit, at least," Janssen said in an interview. "The older you get as a woman, the less parts you'll have just by nature. And then I really don't want to go down the whole plastic surgery route and become obsessed with the way I look, which is very much a part of being an actress, sadly.

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'X-Men' vet Janssen peers through director's lens (AP)