Franka Potente

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters. ↗

— Franka Potente

#great #matters #stuff #things

I always performed when I was a child. My parents got very annoyed, because my brother and I had our little bedrooms upstairs, and I would plaster the house with posters with arrows pointing upstairs. ↗

— Franka Potente

#annoyed #arrows #because #bedrooms #brother

I choose my work very carefully, always for the script and the director, and I don't think that's going to change. My work is like a house. It's built on very strong poles. ↗

— Franka Potente

#built #carefully #change #choose #director

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame. ↗

— Franka Potente

#directors #i #into #lame #like

I said, 'Wouldn't it be great if Matt Damon's character fell in love with a girl with a real butt?' They were like, 'Yeah sure, sure - here's your personal trainer.' ↗

— Franka Potente

#damon #fell #girl #great #here

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group. ↗

— Franka Potente

#because #become #divided #famous #group

I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it. ↗

— Franka Potente

#any #emotional #especially #feel #having

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. ↗

— Franka Potente

#before #book #coming #essays #fitness

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give. ↗

— Franka Potente

#gift #give #our time #somebody #time

When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access. ↗

— Franka Potente

#candy #every #first #free #free access