Oscar Isaac

What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.

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.

When I came up to New York to do a play, I passed by Julliard, and I was like, 'Oh I heard of this place.' I applied, and ended up getting in.

The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.

I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.

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

Talent is very hot.

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.'

I've never been interested in celebrity.

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'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

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