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" I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me. "

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" When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' not what would be expected. "

Nicolas Cage

Adventure

Air

" 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. "

" I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination? "

" Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first thing I said to her. 'I loved you as Morgan Le Fay.' "

" Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. "

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

" 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. "

Nicolas Cage

Child

Fly

" I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families. "

" There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false. "

" I came out of independent film, that's my roots. "

" Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating. "

Nicolas Cage

Always

Interesting

" I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting. "

" I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options. "

Nicolas Cage

Gives

Both

" I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk. "

Nicolas Cage

Admire

Know

" Film has lost something in the translation to high tech. It's become so super-real. It's with digital this and stereo that, and everything's like a CD. "

" I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. "

" When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?' "

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

Nicolas Cage

Get

Movies

" Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool. "

" I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think. "

" The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from. "

" I'm very impressed with 'Drive.' "

" I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is. "

" 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. "

Nicolas Cage

Training

Acting

" I love England - it's no secret. "

" Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig. "

" My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting. "

Nicolas Cage

Acting

Body

" I do enjoy animated movies. "

" When you start a movie, it's not like other kinds of work that you have when you know your boss for years or colleagues for years. You're meeting everyone, mostly, for the first time. You have to get comfortable with those people so you can perform, because the first thing that is going to shut you down is any kind of anxiety. "

" I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles. "

Nicolas Cage

Think

Out