I got into film acting because I wanted to be James Dean. We lost him at a very young age - he was only 24 - but I’m 51 going on 52, so there's only so many times you can act like James Dean. I had to find new ways of expressing myself that kept me fascinated with film performance.

Nicolas Cage

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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.

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Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

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The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.

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I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.

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I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

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Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

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Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

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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.

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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.

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There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

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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.

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I believe that everybody has the right to believe what they want to believe and to knock somebody's faith and religion is foolish, whatever it may be - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism.

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I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus - a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.

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The only way the devil really exists in my opinion... is in interactions with people who don't walk the walk and talk the talk; people who act one way, or talk one way and then do another. Those are the deals with the devil. I don't see the devil as somebody who is a horned, goateed guy with a fork in his hand that's there to continuously stab me and send my soul to hell. I don't see it that way at all.

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If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

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I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.

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Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing.

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

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I think on some level, all of us have a little bit of belief in the possibility of different energies and forces and things like that. Otherwise, we wouldn't be afraid of them. Or there wouldn't be so many movies about them.

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I'm always going to judge somebody on their work ethic, and whether or not they made me feel something, or whether or not I felt they did a good job. To me, it's important to try to block anything personal out and look at the performance, in any field.

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