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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.

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Nicolas Cage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
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I would like to hook up with one of the great Japanese filmmakers, like the master that made Ringu, and I would like to take 'The Wicker Man' to Japan, except this time he's a ghost.
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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.
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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.
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Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.
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Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.
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If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can't achieve. I feel that's really important.
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I'm not contractually obligated to sequels on anything.
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I just try to keep it fresh. I try to keep it interesting. The truth is my roots are independently spirited dramas that are small, and I will always go back to that well, because that's where I broke out of. But I'm going to keep doing as many different movies as I possibly can.
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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.
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I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.
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Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.
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I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I had wrapped photography in Romania at two in the morning as the Ghost Rider. The invitation had a Christmas ornament on it with Ghost Rider's face on it as a tree.
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I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I'm feeling good about.
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The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.
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I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'
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Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.
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I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.
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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.
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Remakes are always a challenge and they always are sitting ducks.
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I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
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