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" 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

Kind

Voice

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" J. J. Abrams is amazing. "

Oscar Isaac

Amazing

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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

" You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't. "

" In the 1960s, there was a forward way of speaking and inflection. "

" 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. "

" Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation. "

" 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

" Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves. "

" I like the idea of the comedy of resilience. "

Oscar Isaac

Resilience

Comedy

" 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 culture, all of these things. "

Oscar Isaac

Way

Morality

" I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar. "

" How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" All of my high school issues are resolved! "

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

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

Oscar Isaac

Personal

Hood

" It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Oscar Isaac

Play

Place

" The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting. "