Nicolas Cage Quotes

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.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that.

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.

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.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

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'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 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.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus - a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.

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.

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.

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

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.

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.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up.

I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

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.

Remakes are always a challenge and they always are sitting ducks.

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

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.

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 like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.

I believe that everybody has the right to believe what they want to believe and to knock somebody's faith and religion is foolish, whatever it may be - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism.

I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me.

I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

With my name in cement, I feel actualised. - On cementing his hand prints on Sunset Boulevard

Nobody ever thinks clearly at the airport.

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.

I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.

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.

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

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

I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made Ringu, and I would like to take 'The Wicker Man' to Japan, except this time he's a ghost.

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it.

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.

There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other 11?

I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

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.

It's important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go.