I always knew she was great, ... but this was the first time I got to see her in the work background. (Nicolas Cage)
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. (Nicolas Cage)
There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic. (Nicolas Cage)
I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility. (Nicolas Cage)
It's for Weston. Weston likes animals. I do, too. I like octopuses. I can't help it. (Nicolas Cage)
I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn't put it in the history books, ... I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts. (Nicolas Cage)
One of the things I would suggest to anybody who is feeling burnt in the film business, ... They should spend one hour with Martin Scorsese and they'll be rejuvenated, because this man has so much passion and love for the craft of filmmaking that it's impossible not to have it rub off on you. It's exhilarating to be around. (Nicolas Cage)
This is the kind of movie that doesn't pull any punches and deals with a controversial subject, ... It is timely. There are a lot of events that have transpired in the last few years that have made people concerned about what's going on here at home and around the world. I think we're not always sure what we're getting on the news, if it's the truth or not. (Nicolas Cage)
Alcatraz is an unsafe place to actually make a movie in many ways because there are cliffs and rotting corroding steel pipes everywhere and old nails sticking up. (Nicolas Cage)
The idea that kids younger than mine are fighting guerilla wars using guns sold for profit is just mind-boggling to me. And the question is, who are the people supplying those weapons How do they sleep What kind of people are they (Nicolas Cage)
To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new. (Nicolas Cage)
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. (Nicolas Cage)
Well, it's very simple and it may sound strange, but I am Ghost Rider. It wasn't that challenging ... He's a man trying to take a negative and turn it into a positive ... Johnny Blaze has this horrible thing happened to him and he's going to take that negative and make it a positive, no matter what. (Nicolas Cage)
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. (Nicolas Cage)
The Weather Man ... films with more serious themes get more attention. (Nicolas Cage)