Michael Fassbender is about to come to Cannes to premiere Macbeth this week, which means that we’ll have lots of Fassy photos and hopefully lots of new interviews too. Fassy’s also doing some promotional stuff for Slow West (which has a DirectTV premiere) and for Jobs, the Steve Jobs bio-pic which will be out later this year, possibly as an awards-contender. So, we’re getting some quotes here and there about several different projects. Here are some recet Fassy quotes that I found interesting:

Fassy on his Lady Macbeth, Marion Cotillard: “I can’t speak highly enough of her. For me to take it on, it was, ‘OK, Shakespeare.’ But she’s French speaking. I just thought it was incredible bravery. And she’s excellent.”

Fassy on Aaron Sorkin not knowing who he was (as revealed in the Sony Hack): “What email leaks? It’s whatever. People have opinions. The Internet is the Internet. I have a job to do, so I just get on with that.”

He based his Slow West character on a Clint Eastwood cowboy: “I hope [people see similarities], because Clint is my favorite cowboy. Obviously we had the little nod with the cigar. Well, ‘little’ — it’s quite a large nod. Clint was always in the back of my mind.”

Whether he’s ‘too serious’: “I would (expletive) hope not! I hope definitely not. I like to keep myself fairly balanced. I suppose I have a short fuse with annoying things, like threading a needle. That’s about as bad as I get. I try to put everything into my work and then enjoy my downtime with as little drama as possible.”

His privileged life: “Most people in the world do really hard jobs and they do them every day of the week. I live a pretty sort of privileged life. There’s no place for me to go, ‘Yeah, it was pretty difficult and it was psychologically wearing and blah blah blah.’ Nobody should hear that or wants to hear that.”

His future: “I don’t want to become comfortable and complacent because then there’s just no point in doing it anymore. Just trying to involve myself in more areas, I suppose. Maybe one day to get behind the camera at one point would be something I’d like to do. But whether it will ever happen is another matter. Who knows in a few years’ time where my priorities will lie?”

[From Yahoo, Associated Press, the NYDN]

I like that he kind of brushes off the stuff about Aaron Sorkin – Sorkin didn’t know Fassy’s work at all last year, when they were casting the Steve Jobs bio-pic that Sorkin had written. Then, as the Sony Hack revealed, Sorkin saw Shame and suddenly Sorkin loved Fassy. So it all worked out in the end. Still, Fassy doesn’t look anything like Steve Jobs. Eh.

Also: I loved what he said about Marion Cotillard. Here’s hoping Marion can do a good Lady M!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.