Nicolas Cage Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Nicolas Cage on Wise Famous Quotes.
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?
Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.
I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.
I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.
The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.
I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'
To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.
I will promise you that if I can give you two good scenes
which is what I always try to do in every movie
then I feel like I'm doing my job.
which is what I always try to do in every movie
then I feel like I'm doing my job.
I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an enthusiast.
Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig.
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.
You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.
One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong.
I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola.
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.
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.
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.
The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.'
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.
I had been making a lot of family oriented movies, which I also like. But I still have a passion for the midnight audience and for midnight movies.
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.
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.
One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.
I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.
I'm not really gadget oriented. I'm not into technology or computers. I'm not good at interfacing with that sort of gear.
I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.
I would say that I'm 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things.
Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.
I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.
I'm a seeker. I'm very much a believer in science. But I do think there are times when science and mysticism intersect.
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.
Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.
I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.