Oscar Isaac Quotes

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Oscar Isaac

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 5, 1980

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

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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

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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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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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My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I wanted to learn to play guitar, so I got an acoustic and started taking lessons. I wanted to be able to shred like Yngwie Malmsteen.

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My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.

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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.

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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.

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I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.

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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.

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A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear.

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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'

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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.

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I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.

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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.

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There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck.

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When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave that behind.

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When I came up to New York to do a play, I passed by Julliard, and I was like, 'Oh I heard of this place.' I applied, and ended up getting in.

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Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.

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