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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.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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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.
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I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.
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I'm so bored by business and money.
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If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.
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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.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.
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I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.
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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.
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The songs I've written that are the strongest, I'm like: 'I don't know where that came from. It just kind of popped out.' You feel you can't take a whole lot of credit for it. I didn't purposefully will it into existence.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
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I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.
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I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
Oscar Isaac
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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.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.
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