Nicolas Cage

“I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a gate somewhere. I am not flying on a private plane. I am going to the airport, I am with peo...”

“I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I had wrapped photography in Romania at two in the morning...”

“I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kin...”

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

“I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles is that they really just wanna be left alone, and I understand them. It's, 'Don't pick me up, s...”

“Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They haven't had their imagination knocked out of them by tur...”

“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.”

“There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time...”

“I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.”

“It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level.”

“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.'”

“Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first thing I said to her. 'I loved you as Morgan Le Fay.'”

“I have a love / hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.”

“I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.”

“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 love England - it's no secret.”

“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.”

“I'm not contractually obligated to sequels on anything.”

“I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.”

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