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What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.

Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.

Oscar Isaac

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.

Oscar Isaac

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

Oscar Isaac

I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.

Oscar Isaac

Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.

Oscar Isaac

I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.

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Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.

Oscar Isaac

All of my high school issues are resolved!

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I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.

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I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi.

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

Oscar Isaac

Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.

Oscar Isaac

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.

Oscar Isaac

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.'

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

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Talent is very hot.

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

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I'm so bored by business and money.

Oscar Isaac

What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.

Oscar Isaac

You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.

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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.

Oscar Isaac

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

Oscar Isaac

I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.

Oscar Isaac

It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that.

Oscar Isaac

My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.

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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've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.

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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.

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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

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Our morality is based on so many factors: of where we were born, who we were born to, what values were instilled in us, what values we chose, the way that our lives have shaped us. That dictates so much of what we assume is our morality, and also the culture, all of these things.

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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

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Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.

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My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.

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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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Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

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