Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. In the early years of his career, Cage starred in films such as Valley Girl, Racing with the Moon, Birdy, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Red Rock West...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 January 1964
CityLong Beach, CA
crazy home yamaha
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.
hate cities new-orleans
I have a love/ hate relationship with the city of New Orleans, which is the strongest kind of relationship.
brother cutting tennis
I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on a movie I made called "Adaptation" where I had to imagine four-page dialogue scenes with my twin brother, who was nothing more than a tennis ball and a gas stand.
communication technology phones
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 I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.
actors my-own
I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.
thinking violence reason-why
I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.
children real believe
People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out of them by life experience and adulthood. So, they still are very much alive with that kind of magical thinking which enables an actor to believe they're in these circumstances and make them real to you.
character perfect humanity
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
independent adventure thinking
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.
cat play ugly
I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up.
memories vivid-memories firsts
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.
thinking together would-be
I would love to work with Tim Burton. I think we would be very good together.
impressed
I'm very impressed with 'Drive.'
I've acted professionally since I was 16.