Quotes By Nicolas Cage

I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that.

Look, I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters.

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.

I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

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

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.

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 do enjoy animated movies.

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.

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