Nicolas Cage Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.”

“Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.”

“Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing.”

“When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'”

“Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?”

“There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I think I jump around more when I'm alone.”

“You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.”