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
teenager character different
The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.
growing-up human-nature curious
I might have been curious about actors' lives when I was growing up. That's human nature.
trying variety
I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.
homework unpredictable nobody-knows
'Cause I do so much homework I'm good to go on the first take; I don't want to rehearse. I like the element of what's unpredictable of that first take and nobody knows what's going to happen, and I'm a big fan of that.
stranger
I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.
silly mean pressure
We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?
bigs small-beginnings big-things
Big things have small beginnings.
interesting risk trying
What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.
ideas actors might
[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something might reveal itself on the day.
drama school thinking
We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.
jesus morning wake-up
I remember hearing that the spirit was always next to you, so I would always make room in my bed for the spirit ... I'd make room for the teddy bears, Jesus and me. And then I'd wake up in the morning, and I'd squashed 'em all.
ideas happens no-idea
I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.
ocean swim seeing
I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws.
oysters kitchen should
Any good kitchen should be stocked up in oysters, shouldn't they?