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" 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
Me
Uncomfortable
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" 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. "
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" My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting. "
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" I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch. "
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" One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' "
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" I have a love / hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship. "
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" I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk. "
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" How do you rebel in a family of rebels? "
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" I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection. "
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" I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do. "
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" I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles. "
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" I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options. "
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" Hopefully as a result of 'The Frozen Ground,' more and more people will be aware of the horrible things that happen to ladies all over the world and give them respect. This movie is a love letter to those victims. "
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" I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking. "
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" As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this tremendous rage or these supernatural powers, provided an escape for me from my mundane existence, from my lack of friends or my inability to communicate well with people. They liberated me. "
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" 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. "
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" I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me. "
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" 'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching. "
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" I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I'm feeling good about. "
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" When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds. "
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" 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. "
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