Franka Potente

“I'm very German. I'm very organized. I'm very disciplined.”

“I feel like a citizen of the world.”

“I hate repetition. I don’t like it. So I would never want to do one of those shows where you’re just a talking head.”

“I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be unique.”

“I'm not the girl next door. I'm not a bombshell. I'm not a stick.”

“I don't believe in the star system. I just believe in good actors and good roles.”

“You can't do a movie without a story. It's not a movie. It's a commercial.”

“In Europe, you can be a character actor and still be a star.”

“I’m not interested in being a celebrity. I’m interested in being an actor.”

“I like to be challenged. I like to be pushed.”

“I'm a storyteller. That's what I do. I tell stories.”

“I try to find the truth in the character, and the truth in the story.”

“I think it's very important to have a good director. A good director is everything.”

“Hollywood is a very strange place. It's a place where you can be on top of the world one day and then you're gone the next.”

“I always felt that I was a writer, and I had to be a writer.”

“I'm a very private person. I don't like to talk about my private life.”

“My heart is in independent movies.”