"I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.“


-Nicolas Cage

posted in home


I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies."

-Nicolas Cage

scienceView Quote
"I do enjoy animated movies."

-Nicolas Cage

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

-Nicolas Cage

moviesView Quote
"I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies."

-Nicolas Cage

moviesView Quote
"I may be alone in this, but I do sense the power of film, in that movies have the ability to literally change people's minds. That's pretty powerful stuff when you consider that."

-Nicolas Cage

moviesView Quote
"I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond."

-Nicolas Cage

moviesView Quote

More Quotes About home

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way."

-Ray Dalio

homeView Quote
"I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids."

-Chris O'Donnell

homeView Quote
"My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room."

-Sherman Alexie

homeView Quote
"To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land would be a new beginning, when only to find it was not a beginning, but an end, an end of innocence - we apologise and we are sorry. To the mothers who lost the maternal right to love and care for their child - we apologise, and we are sorry."

-Malcolm Turnbull

homeView Quote
"At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour."

-Thom Yorke

homeView Quote
"We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing."

-Melinda Gates

homeView Quote