If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people. Michael Fassbender More Quotes by Michael Fassbender More Quotes From Michael Fassbender '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. Michael Fassbender causesfansfirsts 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. Michael Fassbender raceyearsthinking I definitely think the first works best. Michael Fassbender firststhinking I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same. Michael Fassbender varietytrying Scratch the surface of what's socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we feel too ashamed of or uncomfortable with to reveal to other people. Michael Fassbender scratchespeopleway There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting. Michael Fassbender would-beanswersthinking When I go the cinema, unfortunately nowadays, especially with the big commercial films, the audience is spoon-fed through the entire experience and they don't have to do any work. Michael Fassbender spoonscinemafilm If you're dealing with a character that actually exists, there's an awful lot of information there. So, you can put together, from the information, motivations, insecurities, reactions. Where does that seed get born, if you like?... What I do is put that together. Michael Fassbender insecuritymotivationcharacter 'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film. Michael Fassbender hungerchangedfilm People are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that. Michael Fassbender strangeopportunitypeople Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime. Michael Fassbender lunchtimemetallicawant I don't know what's going to happen. I'm flavor of the month at the moment, but somebody else is going to roll around the corner in three months' time. I just want to keep working. I can't stop! Michael Fassbender flavor-of-the-monththreewant When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars. Where does that sort of thing come from? In hindsight you go, 'Oh, liked it because of this.' Maybe it's just the wheel. Michael Fassbender carfourdoe 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. Michael Fassbender doeboysyears Being movie director you've got the art department, you've got the actors, you've got the camera department, you've got make-up and hair, and props. You've got your finger in all these pies, and you're making sure that everything cooks at the right temperature. Michael Fassbender piehairart I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet. Michael Fassbender independentnamesthinking You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that. Michael Fassbender carbelieveyears It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners. Michael Fassbender foreignerstogetherpeople 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. Michael Fassbender strangerfeelsneeds We're all curious about a lot of things. Michael Fassbender curious
