Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.

— Nicolas Cage

At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learned to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

— Nicolas Cage

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

— Nicolas Cage

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

— Nicolas Cage

I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. Furthermore, I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families.

— Nicolas Cage

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

— Nicolas Cage

I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'

— Nicolas Cage

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.

— Nicolas Cage

I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles is that they really just want to be left alone, and I understand them. It's, 'Don't pick me up, stop holding me, don't look at me, just leave me alone.' I have to admit, sometimes I feel like that.

— Nicolas Cage

I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination?

— Nicolas Cage