127 Quotes by Oscar Isaac

I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.

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.

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

You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.

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

All of my high school issues are resolved!

Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.

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