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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. "
Nicolas Cage
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" I'm very impressed with 'Drive.' "
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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. "
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" You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed. "
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" Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me. "
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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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" I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I had wrapped photography in Romania at two in the morning as the Ghost Rider. The invitation had a Christmas ornament on it with Ghost Rider's face on it as a tree. "
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" I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do. "
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" I'm always curious about what happens when we die. And I'd like to think that somehow the spirit goes on. I'd rather not think that it's just about this. "
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" 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. "
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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 I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.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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" 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. "
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" I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride. "
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" I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful. "
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" I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility. "
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" I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor. "
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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. "
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" I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. "
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" The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes. "
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" Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small. "
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" 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. "
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" It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even. "
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" All of my characters have a glint of madness. "
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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've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day. "
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" I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but I do want to carry on exploring new forms of acting. "
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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 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? "
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" I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies. "
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" I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs. "
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" Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life. "
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