--- title: "5 Else Quotes By Oscar Isaac" description: "5 Else quotes by Oscar Isaac. Plus more from Oscar Isaac and more Else sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/oscar-isaac-4432_always_anybody-who-dedicates-himself-to-explori_905840.jpg" --- > [Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/anybody-who-dedicates-himself-to-exploring-the-human-condition-there/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/oscar-isaac-4432_always_anybody-who-dedicates-himself-to-explori_905840.jpg) > [In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/in-a-play-you-dictate-pace-you-dictate-rhythm-you-dictate-when-people/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_in-a-play-you-dictate-pace-you-dictate-r_922124.jpg) > [I like films that take their time a little bit more and don't show you all of their cards right away, characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-like-films-that-take-their-time-a-little-bit-more-and-don-t-show/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/oscar-isaac-4432_away_i-like-films-that-take-their-time-a-litt_1196137.jpg) > [I was never much of a singer. I was terrible. It's embarrassing: I was trying to sound like everybody else. I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-was-never-much-of-a-singer-i-was-terrible-it-s-embarrassing-i-was/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/oscar-isaac-4432_big_i-was-never-much-of-a-singer-i-was-terri_1568240.jpg) > [When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/when-i-m-creating-a-character-i-don-t-see-it-so-much-as-playing/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/oscar-isaac-4432_certain_when-i-m-creating-a-character-i-don-t-se_2052203.jpg) ## Other authors on Else ## More by Oscar Isaac > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-would-always-find-a-way-to-blow-the-deal-and-i-m-not-sure-why-i/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [I'm really sick of anthems. Every song has to be a very big singalong thing - it feels very Eighties. There are a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-m-really-sick-of-anthems-every-song-has-to-be-a-very-big-singalong/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/it-s-nice-to-create-a-character-not-just-within-two-scenes-but-within/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-think-for-some-reason-we-re-conditioned-in-movies-that-the/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/the-idea-of-not-getting-a-gun-is-not-because-i-m-afraid-of-guns-it-s/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/that-first-play-i-did-in-new-york-rogelio-martinez-s-when-it-s/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [People resent movies that try to tell them exactly what to feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/people-resent-movies-that-try-to-tell-them-exactly-what-to-feel/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/humans-are-mutants-everything-s-a-mutant-things-that-evolve/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-get-attached-to-things-i-wear-the-same-jeans-for-a-year/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/you-can-t-try-to-be-authentic-you-either-are-or-you-aren-t/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/there-s-nothing-scarier-than-unlimited-choices/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/jessica-lange-was-my-biggest-crush-when-i-was-a-kid/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/the-hardest-things-to-do-in-any-art-is-to-risk-failure-and-put/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-ve-never-been-much-of-a-guitarist-i-mean-i-ve-played-forever-but-i/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) > [Talent is very hot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/talent-is-very-hot/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/else/oscar-isaac/#itemlist", "name": "5 Else Quotes By Oscar Isaac", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. 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