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?'
Oscar IsaacRead
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.
Interpretation
Being fearless in expressing one's feelings is important, regardless of potential consequences.
This quote emphasizes the value of courage in communication, encouraging individuals to express their feelings openly without fear of the potential backlash. Oscar Isaac highlights that speaking authentically can lead to more genuine connections and personal freedom, despite the risk that might come with it.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and authenticity.
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 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 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.
Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.
'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix a high price for our blood, so high that the Arab community and the Arab military forces will not be willing to pay it.
We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who have bravely born this brutal battle for so many years with so many casualties. And we do this to convince the leaders of North Vietnam-and all who seek to share their conquest-of a simple fact: We will not be defeated. We will not grow tired. We will not withdraw either openly or under the cloak of a meaningless agreement.
My mother was this White woman from Texas, from a racist town raised to believe in the inferiority of others by her community, not necessarily by her parents, but certainly by the community around her. And she fled it.
No one's ever completely broken. It's just a matter of how much has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.
On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
aren't they the very reason I have to try to fight? Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Because no one has the right to treat them as they have been treated?
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