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.

Quote by Nicolas Cage

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Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth,...

I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth,...

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line...

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line...

To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to...

To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to...

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to...

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to...

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look...

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look...

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

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

I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of...

I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of...

I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my...

I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was...

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was...

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

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

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's...

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's...

I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place.

I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place.

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I...

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I...