Top 25 Franka Potente Quotes

I love it when, after a day of shooting, I’m so exhausted that my bones hurt.

I don’t want to clone anyone, not even myself.

I like a good, strong statement. I walk out of movies all the time saying, ‘That was terrible!’ or ‘That sucked!’

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 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.

In most movies, they show you somebody who is perfect looks-wise, and skills-wise, and the movie doesn’t give you a choice.

‘The Princess and the Warrior’ is looking at the same things as ‘Lola’ – just from a different angle.

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.

What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person’s hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.

People look at me as an exotic person, which is great, because whatever Hollywood is, it seems very dogmatic to me, especially when you’re a woman. But I always get excused because I’m German.

Don’t worry about things that haven’t happened yet.

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.

When I was told that I was doing a movie called ‘Lola Rennt,’ I was like, ‘What?’ I didn’t get it, or the title. I started reading the script, and I still couldn’t fathom that it was about a person named Lola running. Before my agent explained it to me, I couldn’t even make any sense out of it.

Everybody is great when things are great. It’s the ‘not great’ stuff that matters.

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 never wear fur, and I am a spokesperson for PETA.

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 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.

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

The more crazy a person is, the more interesting the person is.

I was on ‘The Shield,’ which I was a fan of.

We’ve lost the ability to immerse ourselves in things.

I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.

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 there really are a lot of people in the world who probably feel like they’ve done so much in life, made so much of their talents and ambitions that they feel the need to bequeath it to someone.