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
Michael Fassbender quotes about
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
addiction behaviour patterns
For me, addiction comes down to basically where a pattern of behaviour has developed and that pattern of behaviour is becoming a very damaging cycle. It's sort of damaging your relationships, friends or lovers, it's damaging your own personal health and it's damaging for you and your workplace.
reading character preparation
Some actors might just do one thing, and another actor does another thing. I do an awful lot of preparation with the script, really. What I do is repeat the script, over and over and over again. Through that, it's almost like it seeps into my enamel. I'm reading all the characters, as well as my own. That is where the bulk of my preparation goes into.