Franka Potente Quotes

I get intimidated by famous people. When I'm around them and they look at me like I belong, I'm like, 'Are you nuts? You're freakin' famous!' Whether it's Elmo or a Beatle or Vince Gill, it's humbling to be in a room with these folks.

I got to work with Jeffrey Wright, which is fantastic. I started out starstruck, but he's so cool, so it was all OK.

Even though I never worked with her, it was still really cool to have Brooke Shields on set. She was so nice and so funny.

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.

I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I'm sure I'd have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn't mean it's not really awkward.

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.

Working with Ice Cube was so tight. He's cool, and I really like how he does family stuff. My guy friends couldn't believe I was chillin' with him. Dudes love Ice Cube.

It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

I did a couple quick things with Nicole Kidman, and I really loved that. She was a really cool person to chat with and had a really lovely presence on set. I'm a big admirer of her work. It's amazing the volume of work she does.

Imagine a superstar of his stature coming to someone like me and saying, 'Hi Meghana, I'm Mohanlal. Nice to meet you!' I was so taken aback by his politeness.

One of my first interviews was Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and Johnny Depp for 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I was in eighth grade at the time, little teenybopper. I was so, so nervous. I just remember Johnny had an aura around him.

When you work with someone like Dulquer Salmaan, you tend to get a bit intimidated.

It was intimidating to work with Irrfan Khan and Dulquer Salmaan, not because they made me feel intimidated, but more out of respect and awe; they are both extremely gifted artistes.

I have a thing that I do when I meet famous people, where I try to play it really cool. Sometimes I pretend like I don't know them.

I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything.

I think our first scene was us arguing, and nobody wants to argue with Angela Bassett, but the thing about it was that all of the nerves I had going into it were immediately kind of quelled as soon as I got to the set. Becasue she's not Angela Bassett, she's just Angela Bassett.

I'm the 'Showstoppa', the Main Event, the icon!

I get nervous around famous people.

Cheryl Cole is one of the few incredibly famous people who still seems to say what they think. I really like that; plus, I do fancy her quite a bit.

I almost get quite scared talking about it. It's happened, obviously. I did meet Madonna and I did work with her.

My oomph factor helped me enter B-town. I have a naturally gifted body.

John Schneider's cool. I mean, he is the epitome of cool. To be that confident without any chip on his shoulder is very hard to do, and that man just has it. To be that well-known and still be so personable and social, it's just fantastic.

Normally, on the rare chance that a celebrity comes to my property, I get real nervous.