Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? Nicolas Cage More Quotes by Nicolas Cage More Quotes From Nicolas Cage 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. Nicolas Cage denverpantherssharks Some things are true whether you believe in them or not. Nicolas Cage truthbelievereality 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. Nicolas Cage responsibilitymindpeople I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options. Nicolas Cage dvdsraysgiving I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence. Nicolas Cage national-treasureindependencestealing Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action. Nicolas Cage national-treasureresponsibilityaction Every great story seems to begin with a snake. Nicolas Cage snakesseemsstories 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. Nicolas Cage criminalsactorsacting 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. Nicolas Cage depressingpassionimportant There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic. Nicolas Cage linesactorsacting 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. Nicolas Cage careersbelievethinking 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. Nicolas Cage buddhismislambelieve 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. Nicolas Cage emotionwantdepression 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. Nicolas Cage guyhandspeople If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people. Nicolas Cage uniquespecialpeople I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles. Nicolas Cage whalesanimalbird 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. Nicolas Cage snakeshealingmean I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection. Nicolas Cage dramapeoplethinking 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. Nicolas Cage differentenergythinking 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. Nicolas Cage blockjudgingjobs
