I want people to discover my movies, and however they choose to receive it is their business. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was ‘Lord of the Rings’ and one was ‘The Matrix.’ But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn’t really take that time out. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I’m one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn’t do Shakespeare… The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn’t even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I think it’s no secret that I’ve tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I would love to work with Tim Burton. I think we would be very good together. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. Nicolas Cage Read Quote
