Nicolas Cage quotes

“I do like to move and get physical in my movies.”

— 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

“I love England - it's no secret.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Nobody wants to watch perfection.”

— Nicolas Cage

“The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.”

— Nicolas Cage

“My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose.”

— 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

“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

“Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.”

— Nicolas Cage

“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

“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

“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

“It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.”

— Nicolas Cage

“When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I have a love/ hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.”

— Nicolas Cage

“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.”

— Nicolas Cage

“My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.”

— Nicolas Cage

“Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.”

— Nicolas Cage

“The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.'”

— Nicolas Cage

“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.”

— Nicolas Cage

“I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.”

— Nicolas Cage