Nicolas Cage Quotes

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Nicolas Cage

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 7, 1964

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

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I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.

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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.

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One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'

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I've always had a soft spot for comic books.

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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.

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Nobody wants to watch perfection.

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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.

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I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn't even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument.

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I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.

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Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first thing I said to her. 'I loved you as Morgan Le Fay.'

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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.

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

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I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.

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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.

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