Quotes from Oscar Isaac

All of my high school issues are resolved!

Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.

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.

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.

For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.

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.

I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.

I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.

I'm so bored by business and money.

I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.

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.

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

I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.

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.'

My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.

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.

I've never been interested in celebrity.

I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

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.

What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness.

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.

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

I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident.

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.