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
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.
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.
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.
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.
My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
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.
I think I jump around more when I'm alone.
As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.
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.
I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families.
