As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.
-- 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
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.
-- Nicolas Cage
I think I jump around more when I'm alone.
-- Nicolas Cage
I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it.
-- Nicolas Cage
I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.
-- Nicolas Cage
I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.
-- Nicolas Cage
I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place.
-- Nicolas Cage
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
My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
-- Nicolas Cage
One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.
-- Nicolas Cage
Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.
-- Nicolas Cage
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.
-- Nicolas Cage
There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.
-- 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
