Top 160 Quotes by Nicolas Cage

For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.

I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

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 I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

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've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.

I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but I do want to carry on exploring new forms of acting.