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
There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false. – Nicolas Cage
I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness. – 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
If I do do a sequel, I’m going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I’m going to be very careful about that because I’m not eager to repeat myself. – Nicolas Cage
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. – Nicolas Cage
It’s no secret that I’ve always had an interest in mythology. Whether it’s Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I’ve always connected with it on some level. – 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
Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there’s the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there’s the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing. – 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
One of the things that’s interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they’re putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I’m about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down. – 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 care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think. – Nicolas Cage
I try to make two movies a year. To me, that’s not too much. On top of that, I like to work. – Nicolas Cage
The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ ‘Scarface’ and ‘Fantasia.’ – Nicolas Cage
Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh – that was genius – and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don’t like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It’s just not for me. – Nicolas Cage
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
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made the decision to speak with distinction. – Nicolas Cage
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
How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it’s the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they’re all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most. – Nicolas Cage
The end of the world is on people’s minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility. – Nicolas Cage
I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales – sentient life – insects, reptiles. – Nicolas Cage
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They’re the reason I got into movies. – Nicolas Cage
Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene. – Nicolas Cage
I haven’t made anything I don’t believe in. I’ve always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I’m a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I’m feeling good about. – Nicolas Cage
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. – Nicolas Cage