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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

If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I’m allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me.
AARON ECKHART

Film Help Movie People Successful Watch
Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I’m not always happy with that.
AARON ECKHART

Always Happy Movie Rush
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

Difficult Film Filmmaking Logistic Magic Process
You can go left, you can go right, I don’t give a damn. Just make a decision.
AARON ECKHART

Damm Decision Giving Lest Right
But then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
AARON ECKHART

Less More Movie School Sex
A film has its own life and takes its own time.
AARON ECKHART

Film Life Movie Own Take
Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
AARON ECKHART

Actor Dramatic Movie Play Plot Today
The day you stop caring what other people think of you is the day your life begins.
AARON ECKHART

Begin Caring Life People Stop Thinking
I owned a 1972 Plymouth Valiant that we bought for $125. It was infested with cockroaches and geckos – it was its own little ecosystem.
AARON ECKHART

Cockroach Ecosystem Infested Plymouth Valiant
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

Look Research Stupid World
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 ECKHART

Batsman Book City Different Feel
I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that’s what I’m always looking for, a director that’s going to help me go places I’ve never been before.
AARON ECKHART

Actor Director Helping Look Love Perform
I’ve been working for many years and I think I’ve managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
AARON ECKHART

Best Manage People Thinking Work Year
Through all the relationship stuff I’ve gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.
AARON ECKHART

Fundamental Future Men Past Relationship Sex
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
AARON ECKHART

Die Hero Long Villain
I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
AARON ECKHART

Actor FBI Point Thinking Want

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.

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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.

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