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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

Well, I’ve thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don’t know what I’d do.
AARON ECKHART

Career Consider Job Serious Time Toilet
I don’t do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.
AARON ECKHART

Although Comedy Like Much
I can think of films that I’m producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.
AARON ECKHART

Film Historical Produce Thinking Violence
I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
AARON ECKHART

Actor FBI Point Thinking Want
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
I always ask, why can’t I be just like Cary Grant or something.
AARON ECKHART

Ask Grant Like Something
I like doing movies with kids in them, and you’re explaining things. They’re teaching you and you’re teaching them, and the audience can loop through that.
AARON ECKHART

Explaining Kid Movie Teaching
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

Character Judge People Performance Responsibility
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 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
I’d like to do a romantic comedy.
AARON ECKHART

Comedy Like Love Romantic Wish
If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
AARON ECKHART

Look Masculinity Talking Tender
Yeah, but there’s nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
AARON ECKHART

Grant Nobody Romance Yeah
We always feel threatened by things we don’t know. But, there are definitely some weird things going on.
AARON ECKHART

Definite Feel Thing Threatened Weird
Actors aren’t fighters. They don’t know how to throw a punch. So, there’s a lot of hitting in the face. I’d much rather fight with a stuntman than another actor. I don’t like fighting with other actors because somebody always ends up getting hurt.
AARON ECKHART

Actor Fighting Graphic Hit Hurt
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

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.

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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.

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