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Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.

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Nicolas Cage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
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Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.
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I've always had a soft spot for comic books. I learned to read from them. The words in them were so interesting.
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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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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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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.
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Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.
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You get dinged for wanting to do a comedy, then wanting to do a big-budget action film, and then wanting to do an indie. But you can't let other people trying to label you get in the way of trying to do something artistically.
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I have a love-hate relationship with New Orleans, which is the strongest sort of relationship. I've had some extraordinary, beautiful, poetic experiences in this city and I've had some terrible experiences in this city. I'm drawn to New Orleans, in many ways feel I grew up in New Orleans, even though I'm from the West.
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