Nicolas Cage Quotes

"I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn't put it in the history books, ... I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts."

"At the time I agreed to do 'The Weather Man,' I was going through a divorce and I was trying to figure out how I could take a negative and turn it into a positive,"

"I don't think we would be. I think it'd be scientists and farmers and such."

"I think I jump around more when I'm alone."

"As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious."

"The Weather Man"

"I don't like it when people on the street say ''smile'' or ''cheer up.'' It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong."

"[While the scenes depicting shootouts, romances with beautiful women and close-call escapes from a relentless Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke) will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, Cage hopes the film will make people, and governments, consider the kinds of people making money off their weaponry purchases.] Knowledge is key; it's power, ... You need to know what you're getting involved with."

"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."

"Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild."

"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."

"I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place."

"It's for Weston. Weston likes animals. I do, too. I like octopuses. I can't help it."

"[Question 2: Does he turn to the sports page first? He doesn't.] The word 'sports' has always given me anxiety, ... I was the guy, when they had the lineup in school, who wasn't picked. So I've got a problem with sports."

"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."

"sold guns to every army but the Salvation Army."

"Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure."

"I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility."

"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."

"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it."