I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.
Michael FassbenderPeople are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that.
Michael FassbenderWhy 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.
Michael FassbenderTrying to identify and understand, as opposed to judging, is very important for me, in approaching characters.
Michael FassbenderThere's so much going on in the world. There's so much information being thrown at us - so many things are being sold to us, and we're being told how we should appear and how to be more successful, blah, blah, blah. How does that manifest itself? In the pressures, the stress, this need to escape.
Michael Fassbender