64 Quotes by Franka Potente

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 used to be very afraid of flying. It would creep me out and make me very tense and very uncomfortable, and I would sweat or even cry. I was very, very scared of dying, but I’m not anymore. Fears need to be indulged, in order to exist. I don’t have much time to indulge in any fears.

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.

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 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.

Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That’s why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It’s a personal challenge to get close to people that we never get close to.

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.

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