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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.

Nicolas Cage

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Nicolas Cage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
Actor
Character Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
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Television Presenter
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Long Beach
California
Nicholas Kim Coppola
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