Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac is a Guatemalan American actor and musician. He is known for his lead film roles in the comedy-drama Inside Llewyn Davis, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, the crime drama A Most Violent Yearand the science fiction thriller Ex Machina. In 2006 he portrayed Joseph, husband of Mary, in The Nativity Story. He also portrayed José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor, in the Australian film Balibo for which he won the AACTA Award for...
NationalityGuatemalan
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 March 1979
CountryGuatemala
With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.
The performances had to be live. When you play it back, you can see if the hands aren't really doing the right thing, and then the whole magic falls apart.
What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness.
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 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.
Coen brothers movies are not always what life looks like but it's definitely what life feels like.
I would always find a way to blow the deal and I'm not sure why. I think there was part of me that wasn't comfortable with monetizing the music and getting involved with royalties and all that kind of stuff.
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.
I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.
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.
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.
I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.
I've listened to Dylan my entire life. My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. It opened up a whole world of this music that I'm now obsessed with.
To be able to shut off your emotions drastically, I think that the only way you can do that is if you have some of sociopathic qualities.