127 Quotes by Oscar Isaac

The idea of not getting a gun is not because I’m afraid of guns, it’s not because I think guns are wrong, it’s because it’s impractical, it’s stupid and it’s exactly what they want me to do.

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.

There’s a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work.

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.

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

With Shakespeare, there’s no subtext; you’re speaking exactly what you’re thinking constantly.

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.

Early on – certainly in acting – you really have to take whatever you can get. So I understand well how difficult it can be to be in this position where people are just not hearing what you’re trying to say or are saying. I recognize that.

I’ve written a lot of music, so to be able to put that together and play some shows around the country and elsewhere – that would really be a fun thing to do.