Nicolas Cage Quotes

"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."

"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 try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it."

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

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

"The idea that kids younger than mine are fighting guerilla wars using guns sold for profit is just mind-boggling to me. And the question is, who are the people supplying those weapons? How do they sleep? What kind of people are they?"

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."

"One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate."

"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."

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

"There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic."

"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."

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