Oscar Isaac Quotes
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
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Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
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The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret – that's really distasteful to me.
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
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I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.
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Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
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I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
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My second or third year in the engineering department, I got very frustrated, and I sat down with myself and had a soul-searching conversation with myself and said, 'What I'd really like to do is see if I can write comedy.' ... I moved to L.A. stone cold. Didn't know anybody; didn't know how to go about it. Really started from scratch.
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I’ve experienced this as a songwriter working with, and helping develop, new artists. This is truly a page out of a new artist book that has a song that blows up and then is just trying to play catch-up. That really is the story of Chase in this first season. He’s not even thinking about who he is as an artist, he’s being told and given these songs.
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Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.
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At 16 years old, I was signed to my very first modeling agency. That was my first real introduction to the entertainment industry. It really opened my eyes to a world that was available to me.
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I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
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When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence.
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
