Michael Fassbender

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition.…

— Michael Fassbender

I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.

— Michael Fassbender

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen…

— Michael Fassbender

You want society to accept you; but you can’t even accept yourself.

— Michael Fassbender

Trying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters.

— Michael Fassbender

I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would…

— Michael Fassbender

You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A lot of that stuff, we used in drama school,…

— Michael Fassbender

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

— Michael Fassbender

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want…

— Michael Fassbender

When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars. Where does that sort of thing come from? In…

— Michael Fassbender

I believe that if you go and see a film you should have to sort of invest something yourself and you have…

— Michael Fassbender

The actors I looked up to when I was a teenager, they all just disappeared into different characters.

— Michael Fassbender

I might have been curious about actors' lives when I was growing up. That's human nature.

— Michael Fassbender

I don't think peroxide-blond hair is a beneficial look for me.

— Michael Fassbender

At one point you think, well, it's funny, I could just be a starving actor... So if somebody were to pull the…

— Michael Fassbender

It's the worst thing if you're sitting there in the theater, going, "Oh, that's the guy who dates this person and likes…

— Michael Fassbender

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

— Michael Fassbender

I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position.

— Michael Fassbender

Even if I'm playing a superhero, it has to be steeped in reality.

— Michael Fassbender

We're all curious about a lot of things.

— Michael Fassbender

I don't like to plan anything ever because it never seems to work. I'm just really...let's just get this film out and…

— Michael Fassbender

I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws.

— Michael Fassbender

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so…

— Michael Fassbender

[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something…

— Michael Fassbender

When I go the cinema, unfortunately nowadays, especially with the big commercial films, the audience is spoon-fed through the entire experience and…

— Michael Fassbender