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" I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made 'Ringu,' and I would like to take 'The Wicker Man' to Japan, except this time he's a ghost. "

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" I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from. "

Nicolas Cage

Myself

Student

Grow

" The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers. "

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

" It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood. "

" I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection. "

" I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn't even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument. "

" Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene. "

" Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold. "

" At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man. "

" As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. "

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

Nicolas Cage

Gives

Both

" I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a gate somewhere. I am not flying on a private plane. I am going to the airport, I am with people, some of the interactions are good, some of them are not so good, but it keeps me in touch with being, you know, part of society. "

" Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain. "

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

Nicolas Cage

Think

Out

" I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it. "

" People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward to seeing, that can become a kind of family ritual. "

" I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work. "

" I have a love / hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship. "

" Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life. "

Nicolas Cage

Grand

Life

" 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. "

" In this day and age, where you have a lot of comic book movies made every day, and most of them are really good boys, it's important to have a couple bad boys out there, too. "

" My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose. "

" Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they? "

Nicolas Cage

Children

Future

" 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. "

Nicolas Cage

Motorcycle

Car

" I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the way out to the second row of the audience. "

" Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. "

" If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself. "

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

" You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can't let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically. "