Franka Potente Quotes

I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can`t go up the Canyon and enjoy the view.

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.

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.`

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 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 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 don`t like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that`s really lame.

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.