Zitat des Tages von Nicolas Cage:
I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor.
I do enjoy animated movies.
When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' not what would be expected.
I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.
One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits.
Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me.
Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract.
I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.
Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.
I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.
It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.
Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.
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 wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.
We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.
My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.
Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.
People are losing jobs, people need to be entertained, and I want to make movies that parents and children can look forward to seeing, that can become a kind of family ritual.
I've acted professionally since I was 16.
Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.
There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.
I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that.
I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.
Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.
When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that.
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.
Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first thing I said to her. 'I loved you as Morgan Le Fay.'
I think I jump around more when I'm alone.
How do you rebel in a family of rebels? That's the age-old question. I guess I could have by not going into the arts, but the thing is, I couldn't do anything else.
As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious.
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.
I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.
Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.
Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig. To me, he's a great actor.