Nicolas Cage

Quote: I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I don't like it when people on the street say ''smile'' or ''cheer up.'' It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on my own, not by presentations.I was a loudmouth and a clown. It came as a surprise to me, later, that I could be serious and still get attention. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I get stimulated by creative people, and by meeting talented people. I like putting things together, and seeing how they work. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I think I jump around more when I'm alone. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: 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. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: Lord of War. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: It's not something you really read about or see on TV ? who's subsidizing these gun sales to oppressive dictators around the world. It made me interested in doing the movie, because I thought it was an important topic that might make more people aware of it [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: I really want people to know that despite the title, and despite the fact that weaponry plays a major role, this is anything but a typical action movie, ... It's a movie I hope brings some attention to what is a very serious issue for me, and one that a lot of people just aren't aware of. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: As a father, that's what disturbs me most. [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: The idea that kids younger than mine are fighting guerilla wars using guns sold for profit is just mind-boggling to me. And the question is, who are the people supplying those weapons? How do they sleep? What kind of people are they? [Nicolas Cage]

Quote: It's really important that I'm able to convey the way he thinks, the way he justifies what he does to himself. The truth is, some of the dealers really are doing some good; they're helping good people fight oppression. In any case, I don't think the devil shows up with horns and pitchfork. I think the devil is a nice guy, seductive, appealing, fun to hang out with. If he wasn't, he wouldn't make friends, you know? I have no illusions this is going to be mass market movie, but I think it has a lot going on, a lot to think about. [Nicolas Cage]

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