Top 120 Nicolas Cage Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.”

— Nicolas Cage

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

— Nicolas Cage

3. “I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence.”

— Nicolas Cage

4. “Don’t lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.”

— Nicolas Cage

5. “These so called Popcorn movies, or family movies, actually provide something quite beautiful and something quite necessary, which is a family bonding experience.”

— Nicolas Cage

6. “There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That’s one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other 11?”

— Nicolas Cage

7. “I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.”

— Nicolas Cage

8. “I love England – it’s no secret.”

— Nicolas Cage

9. “I don’t know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking ’cause my wife left me.”

— Nicolas Cage

10. “If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can’t achieve. I feel that’s really important.”

— Nicolas Cage

11. “Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you’ve got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.”

— Nicolas Cage

12. “The end of the world is on people’s minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.”

— Nicolas Cage

13. “The fact that ‘Astro Boy’ appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.”

— Nicolas Cage

14. “I do understand sometimes when actors say there’s no one to talk to, or you can’t react to, there’s truth in that, but for me, I’ve always enjoyed green screen, and blue screen.”

— Nicolas Cage

15. “Halloween has always been fascinating to me from a very young age. I think any actor would be fascinated by Halloween because it’s one of the only holidays that advocates dressing up in makeup and costumes and transforming oneself.”

— Nicolas Cage

16. “I’ve always maintained that I see myself as a student. There’s always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.”

— Nicolas Cage

17. “I’m not a trained actor. I’m someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.”

— Nicolas Cage

18. “When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music.”

— Nicolas Cage

19. “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.”

— Nicolas Cage

20. “I’m not really gadget oriented. I’m not into technology or computers. I’m not good at interfacing with that sort of gear.”

— Nicolas Cage

21. “I’m always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn’t go away.”

— Nicolas Cage

22. “When I work, I really try to get absorbed in the character. Unless I want to do something playful with the camera, I’m not too worried about where the camera is or positions.”

— Nicolas Cage

23. “I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene.”

— Nicolas Cage

24. “I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don’t want to hold anything in so it festers and turns into pus – a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression.”

— Nicolas Cage

25. “My father used to say to me, “It doesn’t matter what the profession is, but if they’re the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch.” And I said, “Really, dad? Even like someone who makes pencils?” “Even someone who makes pencils, it will be fascinating to watch.””

— Nicolas Cage

26. “I believe that everybody has the right to believe what they want to believe and to knock somebody’s faith and religion is foolish, whatever it may be – Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism.”

— Nicolas Cage

27. “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

28. “One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That’s why I think it is important to stay passionate.”

— Nicolas Cage

29. “If you’re really special, meaning you’re doing something unique and original, it could scare people.”

— Nicolas Cage

30. “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.”

— Nicolas Cage

31. “I’m legally unable to ride motorcycles. It’s a contract that I have with my life insurance, so whenever I get a chance to do a movie and ride a bike I go for it.”

— Nicolas Cage

32. “I always say, “Well if you think it’s over the top, then tell me where the top is first. I don’t think anyone can, but if you can tell me where the top is, then I’ll tell you whether or not I’m over it.””

— Nicolas Cage

33. “I always add a year to myself, so I’m prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40.”

— Nicolas Cage

34. “Nobody ever thinks clearly at the airport.”

— Nicolas Cage

35. “I don’t like it when people on the street say “smile” or “cheer up.” It’s a real cheap line. I’m feeling good. I’m feeling real grateful for everything. It’s a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they’re wrong.”

— Nicolas Cage

36. “I like to work with young people because young people haven’t had their dreams kicked out of them yet. They’re full of confidence and imagination and vision and when they score, that all get’s empowered.”

— Nicolas Cage

37. “Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul.”

— Nicolas Cage

38. “Peter Fonda is the reason I became a motorcyclist. I saw Easy Rider and I bought a motorcycle the next day, and I rode it all the way from LA to San Francisco.”

— Nicolas Cage

39. “I think I jump around more when I’m alone.”

— Nicolas Cage

40. “Killing me won’t bring back your goddamn honey!”

— Nicolas Cage

41. “Nobody wants to watch perfection.”

— Nicolas Cage

42. “I think anything that opens my mind and triggers my imagination I’m reading. I like to read science fiction and imagine the character. Anything that keeps my imagination flowing.”

— Nicolas Cage

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43. “I just try to keep it fresh. I try to keep it interesting. The truth is my roots are independently spirited dramas that are small, and I will always go back to that well, because that’s where I broke out of. But I’m going to keep doing as many different movies as I possibly can.”

— Nicolas Cage

44. “I love art, I love music. I can listen to Stockhausen and a very experimental, avant-garde approach, and I can listen to Beethoven and have a more classical, traditional approach. Why not be able to do that with film performance?”

— Nicolas Cage

45. “I love it all. I don’t want to go through my career with one hand tied behind my back. I love making kids happy. I love the midnight audience. I like intense dramas. And I like high-adrenaline action films.”

— Nicolas Cage

46. “The most meaningful movies I can make are the ones where parents can share them with their children and children can look forward to sharing them with their parents, a ritual if you will, where they get to spend time together and the kids are smiling.”

— Nicolas Cage

47. “I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don’t want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.”

— Nicolas Cage

48. “I find it inspiring and I always think when I’m working on something new, whether it’s a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.”

— Nicolas Cage

49. “It may come as a surprise to people, but I’m actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home.”

— Nicolas Cage

50. “I do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.”

— Nicolas Cage