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Michael Fassbender

(1977) Film Actor West Germany

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Michael Fassbender talks about trying to find variety in his work, even when many things feel the same. He describes the pressure of looking weak or silly and how he keeps the worst‑case thoughts at bay. He also shares a road trip across Europe on a motorcycle, turning his phone off for months.

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Michael Fassbender is a film actor from West Germany, best known for Steve Jobs.

Quick Facts About Michael Fassbender

Born: April 2, 1977
Nationality: West Germany
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Steve Jobs
Spouse: Alicia Vikander

About Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor, racing driver and producer. His accolades include a win for one Volpi Cup and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number nine on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Awards & Honors

Volpi Cup for Best Actor Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor Order of Innisfallen

Quotes by Michael Fassbender

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

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We're all curious about a lot of things.

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Curiosity

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I definitely think the first works best.

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I always approach film as a fan.

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Approach

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I'm fairly competitive.

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Competitive

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I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

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If I'm playing a murderer, I don't go out and start murdering people.

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As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.

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Actors

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Any good kitchen should be stocked up in oysters, shouldn't they?

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

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Actors

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It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?

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Dark

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

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Comic

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I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws.

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Inspirational

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

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

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Actor

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

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Audience

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

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Comfort

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Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen.…

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We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to…

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

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Actors

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There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if…

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"X-Men" is not really about mutants; it's about humanity. I think it's about the human race. We're an absolutely destructive race. It…

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Comic

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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…

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Actor

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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…

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We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is…

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Countryside

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I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did…

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Austria

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

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Audition

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

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Drama

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'Cause I do so much homework I'm good to go on the first take; I don't want to rehearse. I like the…

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If you're dealing with heavy topic matter, sometimes it's good to have a lightness going into it because it allows you to…

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

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Actor

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

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Academic

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

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

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I’m aware of my weaknesses and THE BEAST WITHIN.

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

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Actor

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It's such a terrifying thing when mobs of people get together and persecute foreigners.

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Foreigners

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I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories.

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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…

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Cinema

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

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