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
difficult
It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.
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.
curious
We're all curious about a lot of things.
people together
It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners.
people murderer
If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people.
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.
girl heart wrinkles
I quite enjoy the lines on my forehead because they show my life. That’s my history and I like to see that in other people. Like this wrinkle is due to some girl who broke my heart. I don’t want to escape it in any way.
breakup character thinking
Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing.