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. – Oscar Isaac
I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn’t get the part. – Oscar Isaac
The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I’ll be at showing them in my acting. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people. – Oscar Isaac
It’d be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he’s not talented. I don’t think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way. – Oscar Isaac
‘Cool’ is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool. – Oscar Isaac
‘Drive’ is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don’t get really sophisticated genre films. – Oscar Isaac
I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s, to go back and reinvent a movie. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
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
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. – Oscar Isaac
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
That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez’s ‘When It’s Cocktail Time in Cuba,’ I played a young Fidel Castro. – Oscar Isaac
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
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. – Oscar Isaac
If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don’t allow the audience to see themselves. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. – Oscar Isaac
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. – Oscar Isaac
