Franka Potente Quotes
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.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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The funny thing about voice over is you can go in in sweatpants and have your hair all messed up, and no one will see you, and you can still deliver the same great product.
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Yes, I'm the same grumpy Gautam who smiles very less on the field. I go very quiet before going into the match. I guess it works for me, though my team-mates keep telling me it is just a game.
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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.
