I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola. Nicolas Cage More Quotes by Nicolas Cage More Quotes From Nicolas Cage I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking. Nicolas Cage zeppelins embrace way There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false. Nicolas Cage misperception hollywood character I will promise you that if I can give you two good scenes -- which is what I always try to do in every movie -- then I feel like I'm doing my job. Nicolas Cage work jobs two When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?' Nicolas Cage philosophical beach book When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' not what would be expected. Nicolas Cage would-be air adventure As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. Nicolas Cage actors responsibility way I guess it would fall into the stalker category more or less. I was being stalked by a mime - silent but maybe deadly. Somehow, this mime would appear on the set of 'Bringing Out the Dead' and start doing strange things. I have no idea how it got past security. Finally, the producers took some action and I haven't seen the mime since. But it was definitely unsettling. Nicolas Cage past ideas fall I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do. Nicolas Cage eclectic-style taste want You aren't a true internationalist until you've supplied weapons to kill your own countrymen. Nicolas Cage countrymen weapons To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write something first, then reward myself with coffee. Coffee and a muffin. Okay, so I need to establish the themes. Maybe a banana-nut. That's a good muffin. Nicolas Cage coffee writing thinking I always say, if you think it’s over the top then tell me where the top is first. I don’t think anyone can. But if you can tell me where the top is then I’ll tell you whether or not I’m over it. Nicolas Cage wells firsts thinking I love it all. I don't want to go through my career with one hand tied behind my back. I love making kids happy. I love the midnight audience. I like intense dramas. And I like high-adrenaline action films. Nicolas Cage drama kids hands 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. Nicolas Cage imagination way fiction Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain. Nicolas Cage pain use opportunity You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed. Nicolas Cage care teacher people I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.' Nicolas Cage castles anime moving Peter Fonda is the reason I became a motorcyclist. I saw Easy Rider and I bought a motorcycle the next day, and I rode it all the way from LA to San Francisco. Nicolas Cage san-francisco next-day motorcycle If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can't achieve. I feel that's really important. Nicolas Cage support-you believe people How do you rebel in a family of rebels? Nicolas Cage rebel You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you. Nicolas Cage honest choices thinking
