Qoutes

On this page you can find some of Nicolas Cage qoutes. First I would like to share a video I found on youtupe. Pleace take a moment and enjoy it. Click on the link below.

Film quotes and filmography from Nicolas Cage

Over the years, and just like all celebrities, Nicolas Cage has been in a lot of interviews.

On this page you can find some of his most famous quotes.

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Put together, they should give you some info of the person behind the actor …this is the way he thinks! I like to share few of them to you.

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“The first thing you think is, ‘This can’t be true. I want to crawl up and hide at the end of the world.’
I have a new manager now, so I’m halfway there, and I will pay off all those debts, to the last cent.
I have a responsibility for my sons and my wife. I have to get back on my feet.”

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·A little tired of movies where I had to shoot people.”

· “And on top of that, my dad is a professor of literature so he’s very, very smart. So I was always thinking, ‘How I can aspire to be him?’ There was this intimidating aura growing up with a university professor. “

· “As a kid, I was always trying to find ways to ride my bicycle over trash cans and do the Evil Knievel thing. I think that I’ve always been drawn to that kind of high action stimulation.”.

· “As a father, that’s what disturbs me most, “

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

· “At the time I agreed to do ‘The Weather Man,’ I was going through a divorce and I was trying to figure out how I could take a negative and turn it into a positive, “

· “At the time I decided to do action films, people were telling me, ‘You’re not that type. It’s not going to work.’ And so obviously that made me think, ‘Well, that’s not comfortable. “

· “[about his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley] I`m sad about this, but we shouldn`t have been married in the first place. “

· “[An actor has to let things] bubble up when you’re doing a lot of the acting and telling a lot of the story with that narration, … You have to allow less to do more. “

· “because, at this point, I didn’t feel I wanted to kill a person on screen”

· “Billy Roth’s story truly spoke to my heart; despite the darkness and intense despair, an unlikely and flawed character is able to find and provide hope to others,” [Cage said in a statement]

· “Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on my own, not by presentations.I was a loudmouth and a clown. It came as a surprise to me, later, that I could be serious and still get attention.”

· “Children have not had the imagination kicked out of them by life experiences. So they’re still very much alive with that magical thinking that enables an actor to believe they’re in these circumstances and make them real for you. And Chandler has that. It was so easy working with him.”

· “Don’t lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure. “

· “Help construct the ultimate crib sheet of quotes about career, costars, the Hollywood fame game, and more! Add an attribution, when possible. “

· “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.”

· “I consider cars to be objects of art, and since I can’t drive a Picasso, I drive them instead. They symbolize freedom.”

·“I did like The Grudge a lot. I liked the look. It looked like a… almost like an ancient kabuki ghost that had come to life and I found that really exciting.”

· “I don’t like it when people on the street say “smile” or…”

· “I get stimulated by creative people, and by meeting talented people. I like…”

· “I got to thinking about the power of film and what that power is”

· “I grew up watching adventure movies. Charles Bronson was a hero, Bruce Lee, Clint Eastwood, and I would fantasize that I was in those movies when I was a boy. Then as I got older I discovered James Dean and De Niro and I wanted to be that kind of an actor, so I tried to find my way.”

· “I guess a lot of people have thought of my work as odd and yet they meet me and they say, “Well, this is a normal conversation we’re having, why is the work so odd?” In reality, I’m actually downright boring. “

· “I never want to get comfortable with what I’m doing. I don’t think I can grow if I’m comfortable. So I want to push myself a little bit further.” — Cage on looking for challanges.

· “I really believe it’s important my beliefs don’t impinge on what you get from the movie. It’s your opinion that matters. That’s more interesting than mine, I just put something out there … All I will offer, and this is probably too much, is that I’m not a chaos theorist. I’ll leave it at that.”

· “I think everything I’ve experienced has left its imprint on my mind and my soul, and it comes out in the work, whether I want it to or not.”

· “I used to have this thing I called my Sunshine Trilogy, and now I’m in my Midnight Trilogy.”

· “I was really concerned about those people – they were on fire … The airplane was a computer creation but these were stunt people, I know it’s their job and all but they were on fire. So if I look scared it’s because I really was. I took it personally that no one got hurt. I felt like if I made a mista…”

· “I was trying to find the right movie and Knowing provided that. It gave me a chance to go into science fiction and fantasy and intelligent horror. I want to make more of these kinds of movies because of the metaphor – and I don’t have to shoot people. That’s not to say I won’t do that again in a movie, …”

· “I’d rather have one breath of her hair, one touch of her skin, one kiss of…”

· “I’m somebody who is very happy when he’s working, and happy when I’m…”

· “In high school, I almost got expelled because I was always making the kids laugh.”

· “I’ve always had a fascination with the bizarre, the surreal, the Grand Guignol, the grotesque. I’ve always liked imperfections. I never really wanted to sell perfection.”

· “I’ve always wanted to do work that’s stimulating and exciting on an escapist level, but also to do movies that are a bitmore thoughtful and thought-provoking and poetic.”

· “I’ve been allowed to surround myself with creative people even when I’m not acting. I get stimulated by exciting people who are passionate about their crafts, passionate about filmmaking, have ideas and are free thinkers,”

· “I always knew she was great, … but this was the first time I got to see her in the work background. “

· “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.

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

· “I don’t like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. It’s a real cheap line. I’m feeling good. I’m feeling real grateful for everything. It’s a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they’re wrong. “

· “I get stimulated by creative people, and by meeting talented people. I like putting things together, and seeing how they work. “

· “I guess a lot of people have thought of my work as odd and yet they meet me and they say, “Well, this is a normal conversation we’re having, why is the work so odd?” In reality, I’m actually downright boring. “

· “I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola. “

· “I really want people to know that despite the title, and despite the fact that weaponry plays a major role, this is anything but a typical action movie, … It’s a movie I hope brings some attention to what is a very serious issue for me, and one that a lot of people just aren’t aware of. “

· “I remember when I met Johnny Depp, he was a guitar player from Florida, and he had no idea he could be an actor. I said, “I really think you are an actor, that you have that ability.” That was just from playing one game of Monopoly with him. I sent him to my agent and he has gone on to carve out a successful career. “

· “I think I jump around more when I’m alone. “

· “I think no matter what walk of life we’re in or who we are, we all have that connection with our father because we are small in the beginning and they’re big so there’s this awesome regard for dad, “

· “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. “

· “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. And so please don`t think you`re gonna go on a roller-coaster ride with those movies. “

· “I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock ‘n’ roll sensibility. “

· “I wanted to see how much I could portray, just with voice-over and just the image I present onscreen, … It’s a different kind of acting for me . . . It’s like silent-film acting and radio acting, at the same time. “

· “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.”

· “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. [on feeling different from friends as a kid] “

· “I welcomed the idea of bad reviews because that would mean I was doing something that challenged the critics. I thought I could change acting, which isn’t really my goal anymore. But at that time I was headstrong.”

· “I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. “

· “I`m at the point now where I know I`m doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I`m not in the box. I don`t want to make it too easy for people and I don`t want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. I feel good about the bad reviews because I feel like I`ve affected them on some level. They may not know what I was trying to do but they felt something“

· “I`m sad about this, but we shouldn`t have been married in the first place. “

· “If I let it, it can suck. It can make you feel pretty rotten but I try not to dwell on that. I move on. After all, I’ve had 20 years of being an actor and dealing with bad reviews, or having the door shut in my face and rejection. So at a certain point, you do get kind of callused. I’ve had good reviews too, but inevitably everyone’s gonna get the nasty things said about them. You just have to learn how to cope with it and I think I’ve figured that out. “

· “I’m at the point now where I know I’m doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I’m not in the box. I don’t want to make it too easy for people and I don’t want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. I feel good about the bad reviews because I feel like I’ve affected them on some level. They may not know what I was trying to do but they felt something. “

· “I’m sad about this, but we shouldn’t have been married in the first place. “

· “It is my second race after the Montreal paddock some years ago.”

· “It is satire, but it remains in the realm of the real, as opposed to something like ‘Dr. Strangelove. “

· “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 good to make movies that are tragedies, where people can think about things in life that are undeniable, that everyone has to deal with. But at the same time, it`s also healing to make movies that are entertaining, that are a lot of fun, where you don`t have to think about your problems. “

· “It`s very risky for an actor who`s a bankable star to make pictures like The Weather Man (2005) or Lord of War (2005) because they inevitably promote them like big studio releases. And they`re not big studio movies, they`re more edgy, thought-provoking, independent-spirited films. What happens is, it goes into the computer, and everyone says they can`t open the movie because they thought it was X when it actually was Y. “

· “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 an alternative to Valium. Rather than drinking a bottle of wine and taking a Valium, if you get into a race-car for two hours and you’re driving 160 miles an hour and you’re trying to stay alive, you can’t think of those problems. It’s just kind of ironic, though, that both things can get you killed. “

· “It’s good to make movies that are tragedies, where people can think about things in life that are undeniable, that everyone has to deal with. But at the same time, it’s also healing to make movies that are entertaining, that are a lot of fun, where you don’t have to think about your problems. “

· “It’s not something you really read about or see on TV ? who’s subsidizing these gun sales to oppressive dictators around the world. It made me interested in doing the movie, because I thought it was an important topic that might make more people aware of it, “

· “It’s really important that I’m able to convey the way he thinks, the way he justifies what he does to himself. The truth is, some of the dealers really are doing some good; they’re helping good people fight oppression. In any case, I don’t think the devil shows up with horns and pitchfork. I think the devil is a nice guy, seductive, appealing, fun to hang out with. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t make friends, you know? I have no illusions this is going to be mass market movie, but I think it has a lot going on, a lot to think about. “

· “I’ve kind of found over the years that when your acting is really working, you’re in it, but you’re not all consumed by it. You have an objective point of view on it. You’re having a little bit of fun with it. At the end of the day, I was able to switch gears, go home and be excited with it. “

· “many depressed people reach levels of mania. You know in depression,…”

· “Movies work, in my opinion, on the best level when they’re more enigmatic”

· “Knowledge is key; it’s power, … You need to know what you’re getting involved with. “

· “Love dictates, but a kiss writes the secrets of the heart.”

· “Many of the characters I have portrayed in my movies where men on the limit, living intense, extraordinary lives. This is what attracts me – that Formula One has that spirit of life on the edge.”

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

· “One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That’s why I think it is important to stay passionate.”