--- title: "10 Lot Quotes By Oscar Isaac" description: "10 Lot quotes by Oscar Isaac. Plus more from Oscar Isaac and more Lot sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-time_475385.jpg" --- > ['Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-times-we-don-t-get-really/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-time_475385.jpg) > [I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-ve-always-liked-acoustic-blues-i-liked-bob-dylan-a-lot/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/oscar-isaac-4432_acoustic_i-ve-always-liked-acoustic-blues-i-liked_1083417.jpg) > [What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/what-s-funny-in-the-mayor-of-macdougal-street-is-how-dave-van-ronk/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/oscar-isaac-4432_about_what-s-funny-in-the-mayor-of-macdougal-s_3134047.jpg) > [I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/i-actually-started-playing-in-little-cafes-around-new-york-and-i-have/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/oscar-isaac-4432_actually_i-actually-started-playing-in-little-caf_1195648.jpg) > [There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/there-s-very-few-geniuses-that-come-and-revolutionize-everything-for/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/oscar-isaac-4432_art_there-s-very-few-geniuses-that-come-and_1588957.jpg) > [A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/a-lot-of-very-successful-businessmen-share-some-of-these-sociopathic/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/oscar-isaac-4432_actually_a-lot-of-very-successful-businessmen-sha_3177291.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/the-songs-i-ve-written-that-are-the-strongest-i-m-like-i-don-t-know/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/oscar-isaac-4432_came_the-songs-i-ve-written-that-are-the-stro_2708307.jpg) > [There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/there-s-very-few-people-like-shakespeare-who-no-matter-what-were/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/oscar-isaac-4432_did_there-s-very-few-people-like-shakespeare_1456432.jpg) > [My dad always played a lot of music, so I heard him playing all the time, and then I decided that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/my-dad-always-played-a-lot-of-music-so-i-heard-him-playing-all-the/) [Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/oscar-isaac-4432_able_my-dad-always-played-a-lot-of-music-so-i_2942975.jpg) > [I'm really sick of anthems. Every song has to be a very big singalong thing - it feels very Eighties. There are…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/oscar-isaac-4432_big_i-m-really-sick-of-anthems-every-song-ha_27076.jpg) ## Other authors on Lot ## 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/lot/oscar-isaac/#itemlist", "name": "10 Lot Quotes By Oscar Isaac", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Isaac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-times-we-don-t-get-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-time_475385.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-time_475385.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/oscar-isaac-4432_cinema_drive-is-a-genre-piece-and-a-lot-of-time_475385.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.” — Oscar Isaac", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always liked acoustic blues. 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