Franka Potente Net Worth

Franka Potente's Quotes

• To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.
• When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.
• 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.
• 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.'
• 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.

Interesting Facts about Franka Potente

1. Her last name "Potente" (pronounced Poe-ten-the) means "powerful" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
2. Education: Otto Falckenberg School, Munich; Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York.
3. Her father is a teacher.
4. Graduated from academic high-school (German Gymnasium) in 1994.
5. Says she was discovered as an actress in a public restroom. She was in a bar when she noticed she was constantly stared at by some woman. She decided to leave but went to the restroom before. The woman followed her and again stared at her through the mirror. Suddenly she asked "How would you describe yourself in one sentence?". Turns out she was a casting agent.
6. Has a brother who is three years younger and was very sick when he was born. She says she always was very jealous on the way he was cosseted and that was why she often behaved like a clown and arranged performances to get more attention, and that this was why she decided to become an actress.
7. Tom Tykwer wrote Run Lola Run (1998) specifically for her, with the intention of casting her as Lola.
8. In spring 2002, she broke up with longtime boyfriend Tom Tykwer.
9. Knows how to fence.
10. Disliked the strict fitness regimen and diet that were required for The Bourne Identity (2002).
11. Has occasionally shaved off her hair after filming movies because she has wanted time to get her "real" hair back (as it is dyed or bleached so often for roles).
12. Speaks fluent French, English, and German.
13. Plays the violin and the flute.
14. Number 8 in 'Neon' Magazine's list of 100 most important young Germans. (Issue 1, September 2003)
15. 1998: Named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion.
16. 1/16th Italian by descent. Her great-great-grandfather was an Italian roof-tiler, who stayed in Germany.
17. Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in 2005.
18. Was director for the short movie Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt (2006) (German title) for the first time 2005. She also wrote the script.
19. Wrote her first book "Los Angeles - Berlin. One Year." together with her good friend, the actor Max Urlacher 2005.
20. She is of Sicilian descent.