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" When I moved to New York, I had to let my band know that I couldn't play anymore, and that was difficult to leave that behind. "
Oscar Isaac
Difficult
Play
New York
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" 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. "
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" With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly. "
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" I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.' "
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" My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason. "
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" 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. "
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" What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character. "
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" I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool. "
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" 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. "
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" My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans. "
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Star
Huge
" You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there. "
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You
" 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. "
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Journey
" All of my high school issues are resolved! "
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School
" 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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Me
Situation
Eye
" I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush. "
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You
War
" I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home. "
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Home
Christian
Very
" A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated. "
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Seeing
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Empathy
" 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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Acting
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" 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. "
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Miami
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" Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve. "
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" I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised. "
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You
" For me, with a character, you start with the shoes. "
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Shoes
" I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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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" The songs I've written that are the strongest, I'm like: 'I don't know where that came from. It just kind of popped out.' You feel you can't take a whole lot of credit for it. I didn't purposefully will it into existence. "
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" I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy. "
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Idea
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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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