Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender is a Irish actor of stage and screen whose career includes roles in both independent and blockbuster films...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 April 1977
CityHeidelberg, Germany
CountryGermany
things-in-life laughing people
If you're dealing with heavy topic matter, sometimes it's good to have a lightness going into it because it allows you to be open to possibilities, rather than getting rigidly stuck into a certain mind-set. People are strange. When you break up, sometimes you end up laughing with one another, as opposed to crying. Things in life are unusual, and to find those things, it's best to be relaxed.
actors members ambiguity
As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.
fun adventure trying
As an audience member, those studio films are fun. I like an adventure tale, and I also like to go see something that has more of a social pulse. I like to keep learning and trying new things. And if the scripts are good, it doesn't really matter.
boys years three
Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.
growing-up two parent
We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and very grey and my parents wanted to have countryside around for my sister and I to grow up in.
dad phones europe
I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy... and then I did Spain and France by myself.
dark interesting sides
It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?
fans film approach
I always approach film as a fan.
study academic
I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.
interesting superhero scene
There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if you're a superhero.
want metallica lunchtime
Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.
names choices want
Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.
motivation character insecurity
If you're dealing with a character that actually exists, there's an awful lot of information there. So, you can put together, from the information, motivations, insecurities, reactions. Where does that seed get born, if you like? What I do is put that together.
spoons cinema film
When I go the cinema, unfortunately nowadays, especially with the big commercial films, the audience is spoon-fed through the entire experience and they don't have to do any work.