"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"
- Michael Fassbender
About this Quote
In this quote, star Michael Fassbender is revealing his belief that there is no worth in representing a character as easily cool and separated in every scene. He suggests that this type of habits may not be as fascinating or engaging to audiences. Fassbender even goes as far as to state that this uses even to characters who have superhuman abilities, such as superheroes. This quote highlights the value of depth and complexity in character advancement, rather than relying exclusively on surface-level appeal and charisma. Fassbender's words function as a pointer that real depth and subtlety in a character can produce a more captivating and unforgettable efficiency.
"I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid"
"I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical"
"We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement"
"If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig"
"I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the business and even more so, but the fact that it was a black superhero was really the catalyst to me"
"The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus; it's that he's a man. He's very human. That's his greatest strength and his greatest weakness"
"It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others"
"I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership"
