Quotes by Oscar Isaac

About Oscar Isaac:

Oscar Isaac is a Guatemalan American actor and singer. He is known for his lead roles in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, A Most Violent Year (2014) and Ex Machina (2015). He will star in the upcoming films Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Poe Dameron and X-Men: Apocalypse as the titular supervillain Apocalypse. He also stars in the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.

Oscar Isaac

J. J. Abrams is amazing.

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There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are.

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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

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I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

Oscar Isaac

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.

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I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.

Oscar Isaac

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

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I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.

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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.

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Our morality is based on so many factors: of where we were born, who we were born to, what values were instilled in us, what values we chose, the way that our lives have shaped us. That dictates so much of what we assume is our morality, and also the...

Oscar Isaac

If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

Oscar Isaac

Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.

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I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident.

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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.

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All of my high school issues are resolved!

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I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

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A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.

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I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a flavor of what the thing is.

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A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.'

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Author Bio

  • NameOscar Isaac
  • DescriptionGuatemalan-born American actor and singer
  • BornMarch 9, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Guatemala
  • ProfessionActor