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

~Franka Potente

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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

Topics: Always Annoyed Arrows Because Bedrooms Brother Child Got Had House Little Our Parents Performed Plaster Pointing Posters Upstairs Very Would

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

~Franka Potente

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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.

~Franka Potente

Topics: Able Actually Anybody Behind Canyon Enjoy Everything Go Grass Here Just Leave Line Long Me Restricted Sit Stand Telling Up View Want Without You

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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.

~Franka Potente

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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

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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.

~Franka Potente

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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.

~Franka Potente

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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.

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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

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Actress

Born: July 22nd, 1974

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