Quotes

“I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.” Nicolas Cage

“Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.” Nicolas Cage

“I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.” Nicolas Cage

“I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'” Nicolas Cage

“I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.” Nicolas Cage

“One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'” Nicolas Cage

“Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.” Nicolas Cage

“I do enjoy animated movies.” Nicolas Cage

“I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.” Nicolas Cage

“I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.” Nicolas Cage

“I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.” Nicolas Cage

“I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.” Nicolas Cage

“I'm very impressed with 'Drive.'” Nicolas Cage

“It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.” Nicolas Cage

“My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.” Nicolas Cage

“One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits.” Nicolas Cage

“Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.” Nicolas Cage

“You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed.” Nicolas Cage

“Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.” Nicolas Cage

“I do like to move and get physical in my movies.” Nicolas Cage

“I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.” Nicolas Cage

“I love England - it's no secret.” Nicolas Cage

“I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.” Nicolas Cage

“Nobody wants to watch perfection.” Nicolas Cage

“The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.” Nicolas Cage

“Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.” Nicolas Cage

“My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose.” Nicolas Cage

“I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the way out to the second row of the audience.” Nicolas Cage

“My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.” Nicolas Cage

“Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.” Nicolas Cage