384 Quotes by Nicolas Cage

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.

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.

I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination?

My best takes are my first two takes.

When you have 400 people watching you making a movie, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure.

How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most.

I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.

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

I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'