I’ll speak for myself, but there’s a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor. – Nicolas Cage
I like movies where you feel like you’re going into another world, and no matter how many times you watch it, you’re gonna see something new in that world. That level of detail really inspires me. – Nicolas Cage
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I’d like to go to places like Easter Island. – Nicolas Cage
One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.’ – Nicolas Cage
It may come as a surprise to people, but I’m actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home. – Nicolas Cage
Film acting is one of the only industries where you’re criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it’s considered a quality and something to behold. – 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
How do you rebel in a family of rebels? That’s the age-old question. I guess I could have by not going into the arts, but the thing is, I couldn’t do anything else. – Nicolas Cage
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
I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like ‘Spirited Away’ and ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ – Nicolas Cage
We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it’s very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father – and I want that to be open to him. – Nicolas Cage
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. – Nicolas Cage
I have dogs, and it’s no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles is that they really just wanna be left alone, and I understand them. It’s, ‘Don’t pick me up, stop holding me, don’t look at me, just leave me alone.’ I have to admit, sometimes I feel like that. – 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
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
Picasso said, ‘Art is a lie that tells the truth.’ What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? – Nicolas Cage
I believe that there’s a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There’s no reason to be rude about it. – 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 don’t want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs. – Nicolas Cage
As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. – Nicolas Cage
Hopefully as a result of ‘The Frozen Ground,’ more and more people will be aware of the horrible things that happen to ladies all over the world and give them respect. This movie is a love letter to those victims. – 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
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