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" I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role. "
Oscar Isaac
Role
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" 'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other. "
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" I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident. "
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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 like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters that are conflicted and contradicting and seem one way at first and then suddenly turn out to be something else. "
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" Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us. "
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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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" Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid. "
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" For me, with a character, you start with the shoes. "
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" I like the idea of the comedy of resilience. "
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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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" Advice? Look at your pay statements. "
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Advice
Statements
Look
" I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York. "
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New York
Friends
" I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people. "
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Tom
Great
Conversation
" 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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Music
Play
" I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people. "
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Me
Smile
Saying
" I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy. "
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More
Idea
Enjoy
" Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years. "
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Guitar
Mean
Play
" The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment. "
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Seeing
Remember
Moment
" I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year. "
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Wear
Things
Same
" Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve. "
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Evolve
Humans
Things
" My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans. "
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Star Wars
Star
Huge
" Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it. "
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Write
Some
Song
" There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices. "
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Unlimited
Nothing
Than
" I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.' "
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Latino
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Happy
" 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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Close
Very
" I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen. "
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People
Long
" 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 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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Away
You
Always