Nicolas Cage Quotes

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

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.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

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

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.

Nobody wants to watch perfection.

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

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.

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

Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.

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.

Nobody ever thinks clearly at the airport.

I always add a year to myself, so I'm prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40.

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

I don't know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking 'cause my wife left me.

Everything we do impacts someone else's life.

If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

I think I've become more relaxed throughout my career. I don't feel the need to jump up and down and make a big noise to get people to pay attention to me. I don't need to do punk rock gestures or eat a cockroach or do something weird to say I exist.

It's important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go.

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus - a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.

I think anything that opens my mind and triggers my imagination I'm reading. I like to read science fiction and imagine the character. Anything that keeps my imagination flowing.

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 think it's no secret that I've tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear.