I’ve gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you’re at the center of the universe – if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I loved ‘Fantasia’ as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people’s minds. It’s not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They haven’t had their imagination knocked out of them by turning into adults and life experiences. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
Just because you’re a man doesn’t mean that you can’t raise your kid. I think that families should stay together, but if you are a single father, don’t give up no matter what they say. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I’m applying myself in the best way that I can. I don’t think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can’t let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
