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" Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root. "

Nicolas Cage

Life

Acting

Filmmaking

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" I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies. "

Nicolas Cage

Movies

Reason

" I like movies where you feel like you're going into another world, and no matter how many times you watch it, you're gonna see something new in that world. That level of detail really inspires me. "

" I do like to move and get physical in my movies. "

Nicolas Cage

Get

Movies

" I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that. "

" One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down. "

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Motorcycle

Car

" Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation. "

" I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative. "

Nicolas Cage

Uncomfortable

Try

" I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16. "

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

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

Nicolas Cage

People

Now

" 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 I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it. "

" I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. "

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" I'm not contractually obligated to sequels on anything. "