Quotes from Nicolas Cage

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

I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.

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.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.

It's amazing marrying someone who wants nothing to do with Hollywood.

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

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.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

I think that the best characters are the ones who both manage to be attractive and repulsive at the same time.

I went to New Orleans for the first time for Wild at Heart, and I kept going back to make more movies there. I've become very close to the city and part of me does feel like a New Orleanian.

I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.

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.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

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.

Just because you're a man doesn't mean that you can't raise your kid. I think that families should stay together, but if you are a single father, don't give up no matter what they say.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

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

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

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.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.

I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a gate somewhere. I am not flying on a private plane. I am going to the airport, I am with people, some of the interactions are good, some of them are not so good, but it keeps me in touch with being, you know, part of society.

'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.