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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. "

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Oscar Isaac

You

Stand

Meaning

" Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later. "

Oscar Isaac

Situation

Eye

" I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi. "

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

Oscar Isaac

Idea

Enjoy

" 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. "

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

" 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?' "

" I guess 'Scarface' was the Cuban Al Pacino. "

Oscar Isaac

Guess

Al Pacino

" I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a small part in a high school play. And before that, in sixth grade, I wrote a musical about Noah's ark. "

" People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel. "

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

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

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

Oscar Isaac

Friend

Very

" Advice? Look at your pay statements. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people. "

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

" I'm so bored by business and money. "

" 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. "

Oscar Isaac

Smile

Saying

" Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve. "

" I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently. "

" I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment. "

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

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

Oscar Isaac

Hospital

Reason

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