Nicolas Cage Quotes

“Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.”

“All of my characters have a glint of madness.”

“At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.”

“Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.”

“Every great story seems to begin with a snake.”

“Everything we do impacts someone else's life.”

“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.”

“For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.”

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

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

“I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another – they get fascinated by magic tricks.”

“I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.”

“I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.”

“I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.”

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

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

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

“I love England – it's no secret.”

“I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me.”

“I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.”

“I think I jump around more when I'm alone.”

“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.”

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

“I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.”

“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.”

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

“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 would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful.”

“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.”