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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. "

Oscar Isaac

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" 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. "

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Situation

Eye

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

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Personal

Hood

" 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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Weird

You

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

" I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view. "

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

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Hospital

Reason

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

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

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

Oscar Isaac

Resilience

Comedy

" 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. "

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

" I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation. "

" 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 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. "

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

" There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices. "

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" 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