Franka Potente Quotes
I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean he's a total cool nice, nice guy, but I was just so, I don't know, overpowered by his presence. Like he's a very mystic person. He's older so I never really warmed up around him. I was so stiff.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children.
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On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic nature of educational inequity, we know it is vital that some of our alumni take their experience outside the classroom.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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As long as I'm always myself, my looks don't matter.
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I have friends who are black whose families opened their arms to them when they came out; I have friends who were white where they were rejected.
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You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.
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I think working with Johnny Depp was very intimidating. It was my fault though. I mean he's a total cool nice, nice guy, but I was just so, I don't know, overpowered by his presence. Like he's a very mystic person. He's older so I never really warmed up around him. I was so stiff.
