One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits. Nicolas Cage More Quotes by Nicolas Cage More Quotes From Nicolas Cage With every action oriented or adventure film, there's going to be a moment when every actor becomes a stuntman and every stuntman becomes an actor. You try to do as much of it as you can, but inevitably the studio wants you to finish the movie. So you've got to slow down and you're really got to defer to your team to make sure you do. Nicolas Cage team trying adventure Movies work, in my opinion, on the best level when they're more enigmatic, when we don't say it's this or that and where it raises more questions than answers. Nicolas Cage levels opinion answers I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out. Nicolas Cage flaws trying character I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at picture books. There's nothing wrong with that. Nicolas Cage youngsters book ideas God bless the popcorn film. Especially movies where you can take the kids, because I remember looking forward to seeing these movies with my parents, and if I can give that back, I'm gonna do it. Nicolas Cage parent giving kids These so called Popcorn movies, or family movies, actually provide something quite beautiful and something quite necessary, which is a family bonding experience. Nicolas Cage popcorn family-bonding beautiful When you're playing supernatural characters, there's an infinite number of possibilities with a character. And I also think they're wonderful and entertaining for the whole family. You don't have a high body count. Nicolas Cage numbers character thinking Actors work with their look. I come from the Lon Chaney Sr. school of acting. I'll wear wigs, I'll wear nose pieces, I'll wear green contact lenses in my eyes. I'll do whatever I need to do to create a character. Nicolas Cage eye character school My best takes are my first two takes. Nicolas Cage two firsts I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could discover in that laboratory. Nicolas Cage independent film roots I would say that I'm 98 percent skeptical, but the other 2 percent [is] open for the possibility of things. Nicolas Cage skeptical percent possibility Halloween has always been fascinating to me from a very young age. I think any actor would be fascinated by Halloween because it's one of the only holidays that advocates dressing up in makeup and costumes and transforming oneself. Nicolas Cage halloween makeup holiday I never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television. Nicolas Cage quality goes-on television I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character. Nicolas Cage understanding giving character I don't know why it is, but I do like dancing in the extreme situations. I like that noise, I like that intensity. For some reason, it's what I respond to in terms of my taste and of my instincts. Nicolas Cage instinct dancing reason When you're playing a spirit from another dimension, you really can do anything and get as abstract as you want and still have a context that will work within the movie. I wanted Ghost Rider to move in a way where it would be like a bad dream. I thought about cobra snakes, and the way that they will show you their backs and sway in a rhythmic motion and almost lull you to sleep before suddenly attacking. Well, I put that into the movie. And I decided to move my head in the jerky way a praying mantis does. So, I did all these things to give the movie a feeling of otherness. Nicolas Cage dream sleep moving I certainly would never overstep my bounds and make suggestions to a director. As an actor I'm trying to fit to the best of my abilities within the director's vision, and trying to find some happy rapport where we can both bring something to it that's fresh. Usually I've been lucky in working with directors who have trusted my instincts. Nicolas Cage vision lucky trying Sometimes I do love to rehearse, but I always switch it up depending on whom I'm working with. Nicolas Cage sometimes I just want to keep making movies that hopefully makes some kids smile. Nicolas Cage hopefully want kids I've always believed that the greatest actors are the ones that have the voices that are imitable. Nicolas Cage always-believe voice actors
