Franka Potente Quotes

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.

I Never Consciously Said, 'i Want To Be An Actor.' It Sounds Stupid, But It's Kind Of Like Being A Painter Or Something. You Don't Say, 'from Today On I'm Going To Be A Painter.' It's Not Something Conscious - You've Just Been Painting Pictures All Your Life.

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.

I Think I'm A Really Good Partner And Very Sensitive To The Other Person's Feelings. I Want Somebody Else To Be Comfortable, To Understand About My Job, And If They Want To Come On A Set And See Me Work, They Always Can.

I Think When I'm In Love, I Really Am Very Good With Calling, Little Faxes, And Visiting And I Really Put A Lot Of Effort Into It. I'm Really Not The One That's Not Available Because Of Work And I'm Very Sad When I Actually Leave.

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.

My Background Is A Small Town With No Movie Theater. So... I Always Pictured Myself Onstage. I Went To Acting School And Learned All The Skills. I Left Early Because I Did My First Movie And Discovered That I Really Loved The Minimalistic Work With The Camera.

I Don't Really Care Where I Work, Actually, Because You Know Making A Movie Is Like Living In Movie World. There's Such A Secluded World, And The Director Is The King Ruling The Country, And Everybody's Building This Little Town To Speak In Symbolism.

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.

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.

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.

If You Ever Get Really Dressed Up For A Party, You Get A Feeling From The Reactions Of People That You Don't Need To Be That Loud. It's The Same When You Act. You Have To Always Consider What's Around You And The Texture Of Things And Try To Meld In With What's Going On.