Nicolas Cage quotes

Nicolas Cage is an American actor and film producer known for his intense and diverse roles in Hollywood movies. His filmography includes critically acclaimed performances in films such as "Leaving Las Vegas," "Face/Off," and "National Treasure." He has earned numerous awards and continues to be a dynamic presence in the entertainment industry. Here are 166 of his quotes:

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

Nicolas Cage

I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles.

Nicolas Cage

When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'

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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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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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If I have my breakfast, then I can think, and that includes spiritual things, or whatever it is I want to do, meditate or read a book or watch a movie, and so I respect the food because that comes first for me. I think the movie shows the power of the experience that we all have with food.

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I do love romantic movies, but at my age it doesn't happen very often. I've always admired love stories-the expression of love is like white light to me. Every color of the universe is in the love story.

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I think I'm going to continue, not so much to remind people or myself, but continue to play parts that allow me to express some meaning or some understanding of what it means to be a person.

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Well, all art is therapeutic and a positive place to transmute emotions from the negative into a positive.

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I always say to myself, 'I never had a career, only work.' What I mean by that is sometimes - and I won't mention names - but when you get into this career-minded perception of one's self it can be a slippery slope, and it can lead to things where you start believing in your own mythos and you start taking yourself way too seriously. You become pretentious and then you fall into the realm of diva, and that's when mistakes happen in your personal life and on camera.

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As a film actor, my job is to facilitate the director's vision. If there's something I'm doing that they don't agree with, I drop it.

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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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I've acted professionally since I was 16.

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I do enjoy animated movies.

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

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One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits.

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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.

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Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

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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.

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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.

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I love England - it's no secret.

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

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