Quotes by Oscar Isaac

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

— Oscar Isaac

Courage

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

Education

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?'

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Education

I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Courage

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Education

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

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.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom

I was never much of a singer. I was terrible. It's embarrassing: I was trying to sound like everybody else. I went through a big Cure phase, so I was trying to do that kind of dramatic voice.

— Oscar Isaac

Wisdom