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Nicolas Cage
Actor
Born:
Jan 7
,
1964
Always
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Nicolas Cage
You
Ghost
Possibilities
Characters
City
Angels
Supernatural
Limitless
Endless
Much
Rider
Play
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
Work
Try
Thinking
Way
Out
Scenes
Make
Sticking
Audience
Get
Row
Second
Tongue
I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.
Nicolas Cage
Since
Mean
Acted
Professionally
The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.
Nicolas Cage
Me
Man
Problem
Better
Fire
Feeling
More
Better Man
Balanced
Became
Biggest
Biggest Problem
Create
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
Nicolas Cage
Dark
Dramatic
Characters
Like
Got
Still
Happen
Movies
Really
Reason
Fractured
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
Work
People
Language
Those
William
Seems
Something
Shakespeare
Stuck
Feels
Effortlessly
American
Rhythms
Mannerisms
English
English Language
Speech
I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'
Nicolas Cage
Love
Enjoy
Spirited
Castle
Animated
Anime
Like
Howl
Movies
Moving
Really
Away
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.
Nicolas Cage
Still
Shock
Door
Fun
Ever
Shut
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.
Nicolas Cage
Family
You
Passion
Long
Long Line
Come
Know
Line
Italy
Even
Grudges
Loaded
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.
Nicolas Cage
Thought
Big
Awareness
Kinds
Some
Also
Make
Stimulate
Go
Lot
Going
Maybe
Want
Movies
Fun
Raise
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.
Nicolas Cage
Myself
People
Try
Too
Easy
Something
Point
Know
Make
Unusual
Box
Because
Doing
Mixed
Reviews
Gets
Where
Want
Movie
Then
Now
Right
I do like to move and get physical in my movies.
Nicolas Cage
Physical
Like
Get
Move
Movies
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.
Nicolas Cage
Beautiful
Good
Me
Definitely
Ancient
Would
Some
Sacred
Return
Because
Were
Forest
Austria
Sites
Quite
Celtic
Experiences
I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.
Nicolas Cage
Eclectic
Tastes
Want
Movies
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
Memories
First
Eastwood
Charles
Admit
Like
Least
Clint
Clint Eastwood
Going
James
James Bond
Movies
Bond
I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.
Nicolas Cage
Home
Character
Me
Training
Whatever
Those
Out
Characters
Running
Brought
Could
Had
Without
Lot
Hit
Survive
Going
Being
Them
To Survive
Meant
Acting
Ground
Professional
Lived
My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.
Nicolas Cage
Mother
Dancer
Part
Like
Instrument
Body
Acting
Use
I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.
Nicolas Cage
Science
Those
Horror
Performance
Like
Because
Science Fiction
Get
Fiction
Movies
Avant-Garde
Fantasy
I've always had a soft spot for comic books.
Nicolas Cage
Soft Spot
Books
Had
Spot
Always
Comic
Comic Books
Soft
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.
Nicolas Cage
Life
Me
Energy
Saver
Way
Destructive
Something
Taking
Doing
Quite
Acting
Productive
It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.
Nicolas Cage
Amazing
Nothing
Marrying
Someone
Wants
Hollywood
Who
Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.
Nicolas Cage
Opportunity
Pain
Way
Solve
Storytelling
Use
Actor
I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.
Nicolas Cage
Change
People
Care
Think
Medium
Way
About
Powerful
Powerful Medium
Audience
Movies
Connection
Film
Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.
Nicolas Cage
Great
Giving
Something
Enchanting
Tradition
Behold
Children
Them
Disney
Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig.
Nicolas Cage
Hero
Cartoons
Brothers
Voice
Blanc
Could
He
Pig
Bugs
Because
Duck
His
Bunny
Tunes
Warner
Warner Brothers
There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.
Nicolas Cage
You
Will
Response
Characters
Critical
Would
Exaggerated
Only
Performance
Over-The-Top
Well
Call
False
Hollywood
Even
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