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.
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality. A chastity or honesty or mercy which yields to danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful till it became risky.
When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.
I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls β you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.
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