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 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.
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I’m sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
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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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Yeah, but there’s nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
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But then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
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If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
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Right now, I have to admit, that I’m more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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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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I’d like to do more family dramas.
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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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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It’s all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I always ask, why can’t I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I’m an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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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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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.
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