Chris [Nolan] comes at this with such a different take on Batman, so I didn’t feel that I had to be true to any other actor playing this role. Of course, I read the comic books. His relationships with Lt. Gordon and with Batman, with Gotham City, those really helped me the most.
AARON ECKHARTI wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.
More Aaron Eckhart Quotes
-
-
If you go to YouTube and look up ‘grief’ you can find them and it’s just an unbelievable tool for an actor to be able to access, without being unethical. It’s like accessing the deepest, most painful parts of a person.
AARON ECKHART -
I think that maybe that’s my weakness, in that I don’t know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can.
AARON ECKHART -
Funerals are important rituals. They don’t just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.
AARON ECKHART -
I love the fight game. I like the brutality. I like the mentality. I like the aggressiveness, but I like the technique and skill. I like the stakes. I like the people around in the gym. I like the everyday, working class feel of a boxing gym.
AARON ECKHART -
But then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
AARON ECKHART -
You have respect and reverence for your characters and the fact that you’re going to epitomize that person for the rest of their lives. They’re going to be judged based on your performance by millions of people. You have a certain responsibility.
AARON ECKHART -
I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn’t look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there’s only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
AARON ECKHART -
Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else’s part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back.
AARON ECKHART -
Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I’m not always happy with that.
AARON ECKHART -
If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
AARON ECKHART -
I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.
AARON ECKHART -
I’ve not made a career of being physical in my movies, but I love sports. I’m a very physical guy.
AARON ECKHART -
I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
AARON ECKHART -
I’m always fascinated with how a person becomes a good quality person, a productive person, and how it happened to me, because I was a terror.
AARON ECKHART -
I’d like to do a romantic comedy.
AARON ECKHART