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It's always exciting when you can go into a mode where you can be both spontaneous and choreographed. Sort of in control and out of control at the same time.

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Nicolas Cage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
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Long Beach
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Nicholas Kim Coppola
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