Feel like real time unfolding. It's going to smack of reality and feel as real as it can ... The buildings themselves aren't (shown) ... The movie's about what happened amongst this handful of men when the buildings came down.
I love England - it's no secret.
I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.
It's kind of a unique concept, but it's totally real, isn't it? ... I mean, these paramedics put themselves in incredibly stressful situations, are killing themselves to save our lives and they're not really regarded or appreciated.
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.
I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.
I have a love/ hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.
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.
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.
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.
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 bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.
Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.
As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.
I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it.
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.
Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.
Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.
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.
I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.
It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.
I've always had a soft spot for comic books.
I've acted professionally since I was 16.
