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
way want reinventing
I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.
answers levels opinion
Movies work, in my opinion, on the best level when they're more enigmatic, when we don't say it's this or that and where it raises more questions than answers.
pride trying proud
I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.
thinking winning oscars
I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.
thinking way cameras
I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.
children world way
I find children inspiring. The way they look at the world. The magical world they live in, to me, is inspiring.
book comic-book comic
I've always had a soft spot for comic books.
jerk admire knows
I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.
want taste eclectic-style
I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.
mean expression trying
I see myself as a student. I would never call myself a master or a maestro. If you take the path of the student, that means that you have to try a little bit of everything in the hopes that you're going to learn something or strike some kind of new note or new sound or new expression in the process. I'm not going for grades. I'm going for an education. That means I'm going to continue experimenting and trying new things to try to evolve and learn.
new-orleans louisiana interest
I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.
character dark dramatic
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
want pool margarita
I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.
dad father watches
My father used to say to me, "It doesn't matter what the profession is, but if they're the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch." And I said, "Really, dad? Even like someone who makes pencils?" "Even someone who makes pencils, it will be fascinating to watch."