I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made Ringu, and I would like to take 'The Wicker Man' to Japan, except this time he's a ghost. Nicolas Cage More Quotes by Nicolas Cage More Quotes From Nicolas Cage Just because you're a man doesn't mean that you can't raise your kid. I think that families should stay together, but if you are a single father, don't give up no matter what they say. Nicolas Cage dont-give-up giving-up father When you start a movie, it's not like other kinds of work that you have when you know your boss for years or colleagues for years. You're meeting everyone, mostly, for the first time. You have to get comfortable with those people so you can perform, because the first thing that is going to shut you down is any kind of anxiety. Nicolas Cage boss people years When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds. Nicolas Cage white-man italian men I want people to discover my movies, and however they choose to receive it is their business. Nicolas Cage want people Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid. Nicolas Cage real kids thinking 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. Nicolas Cage angel play character 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 hollywood office names 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 raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out. Nicolas Cage australia two long The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it honestly, or because of time constraints with personal things in my life. Nicolas Cage reason-why play thinking The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers. Nicolas Cage attractive answers character It's important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go. Nicolas Cage eccentric alive important 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.' Nicolas Cage mother heart moving All of my characters have a glint of madness. Nicolas Cage madness character I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it. Nicolas Cage iphone communication technology I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride. Nicolas Cage proud pride trying I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles. Nicolas Cage los-angeles might thinking I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you’re really going about it the wrong way. Nicolas Cage oscars winning thinking I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is. Nicolas Cage cameras way thinking I have a love/ hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship. Nicolas Cage new-orleans hate cities I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies. Nicolas Cage dramatic dark character
