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
As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.
I'm fairly competitive.
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.
film hunger changed
'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.
people together
It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners.
art alive influence
The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.
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.
reality superhero ifs
Even if I'm playing a superhero, it has to be steeped in reality.
people murderer
If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people.
fans film approach
I always approach film as a fan.
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.
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.
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.
thinking years race
I think the fact that us as a race still continues to be very tribal and we haven't really moved away from that over hundreds and hundreds of years of experience...