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.
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.
difficult
It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.
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.