You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
AARON ECKHARTI 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.
More Aaron Eckhart Quotes
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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.
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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.
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If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
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I would like to direct.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys ’cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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A true measure of strength is to use your hands to incapacitate somebody.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.
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I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn’t get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.
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Yeah, I’d like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It’s all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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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.
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Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I’m not always happy with that.
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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.
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I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
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