A biography for Oscar Isaachasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.”
“I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.”
“I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.”
“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.”
“I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'”
“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.”
“With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.”
“I guess 'Scarface' was the Cuban Al Pacino.”
“I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.”
“A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.”
“Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.”
“I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.”
“I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'”
“I like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters that are conflicted and contradicting and seem one way at first and then suddenly turn out to be something else.”
“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.”
“People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.”