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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

But I guess I like playing flawed guys ’cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
AARON ECKHART

Character Flawed Giving Guess Guy
It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I’ve worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I’ve worked with… Sir Ben Kingsley.
AARON ECKHART

Actor Als Feel Good Make Work
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

Alien Movie Reality Ugly Thing War
But then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
AARON ECKHART

Less More Movie School Sex
Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
AARON ECKHART

Bad Director Look Producer
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
AARON ECKHART

Die Hero Long Villain
There are different reasons to make movies.
AARON ECKHART

Different Movie Reason
Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I’m not always happy with that.
AARON ECKHART

Always Happy Movie Rush
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

Boxing Brutal Fight Fighting Game People
A film has its own life and takes its own time.
AARON ECKHART

Film Life Movie Own Take
If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
AARON ECKHART

Look Masculinity Talking Tender
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’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
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

Grief Look Tool Unbelieve YouTube
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
It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll do whatever you have to do to get it.
AARON ECKHART

Badly Enough Man Something Woman

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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