Explore Quotes by Nicolas Cage

I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but I do want to carry on exploring new forms of acting.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music.

The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.'

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.

Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig.

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

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.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.

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

One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong.

One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'

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

It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.

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.

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.

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