Random Quotes

Corelli · 2:54 PM, 04/06/09

RE: Random Quotes

lula · Deep but naughty Vixen

"I think everything I have experienced has left an imprint on my soul, and it comes out in the work whether I want it to or not.''

Loew · Superstar

"I consider cars to be objects of art, and since I can't drive a Picasso, I drive them instead. They symbolize freedom."
-Nicolas Cage

lula · Deep but naughty Vixen

"I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make movies that are alot of fun to go to. But I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and raise some awareness."

"It's very risky for an actor who's a bankable star to make pictures like The Weatherman or Lord of War,because they promote them like big studio releases and they're not big studio movies, they're more edgy, thought provoking independent-spirited films."

"You have different styles and you can choose to be photo realistic like World Trade Centre, or you can be pop art illustrative. Why limit yourself to one type of acting?"

"people who like one type of film don't like to see me in another. For some reason I p*ss off the audience."

"I'm not interested in how I'm perceived, only if I've entertained or moved you. I don't need you to tell me i'm a great actor or give me awards."

"You can't do movies for reviews or awards. Because if you do that, you're dead."

Loew · Superstar

Neat quotes Rosemary...I haven't seen some of those before

lula · Deep but naughty Vixen

Great quotes Rosemary

Here are a few more:

"Picasso said art is a lie which tells the truth, what if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it."

"I don't like it when people on the streets say 'smile' or 'cheer up', it's a real cheap line...I'm feeling good, I'm feeling grateful for everything, it's a real solid time in my life, when people say I look sad they're wrong."

And these are from this year:

"Angst is the motivator that kicks you off artistically. But once you've relived painful memories you find something more profound, perhaps spiritual."

"My interests don't have much to do with Hollywood. I like working with interesting people. I want to do it all, popular adventures and intense, tragic, thought provoking movies."

"The power of film is not to be underestimated. It can literally change your mind."

irisheleven · Junior Member

Thanks Rosemary, that was fun to read.

Corelli · 2:33 PM, 02/13/08

Thanx for posting this Rosemary...some interesting quotes there! biggrin

Kolecta · Junior Member

Nicolas: It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even. (edit)

Nicolas: I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place. (edit)

Nicolas: Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild. (edit)

Nicolas: Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on my own, not by presentations.I was a loudmouth and a clown. It came as a surprise to me, later, that I could be serious and still get attention. (edit)

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

Nicolas: My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere. (edit)

Nicolas: I welcomed the idea of bad reviews because that would mean I was doing something that challenged the critics. I thought I could change acting, which isn't really my goal anymore. But at that time I was headstrong. (edit)

Nicolas: I guess a lot of people have thought of my work as odd and yet they meet me and they say, "Well, this is a normal conversation we're having, why is the work so odd?" In reality, I'm actually downright boring. (edit)

Nicolas: I've always had a fascination with the bizarre, the surreal, the Grand Guignol, the grotesque. I've always liked imperfections. I never really wanted to sell perfection. (edit)

Nicolas: We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns. (edit)

Nicolas: I saw this pitch-black silhouette of a woman with big hair. I thought it was my aunt coming to say goodnight. So I said, `Good night,' and it didn't say anything. Then it moved toward me, and my body froze up and I let out this bloodcurdling scream and threw my pillow at it. Then it disappeared. (edit)

Nicolas: 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. (edit)

Nicolas: I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola. (edit)

Nicolas: (giving his reasons for donating $2.7 million to Amnesty International to establish a fund for former child soldiers) Think about the nine months it took for your child to be born; think about all the care you put into teaching him how to cross the street and look both ways, or to read a book or to simply have good manners. Then imagine a warlord dropping a gun into his hand and forcing him to kill someone. (edit)

Nicolas: 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. (edit)

Nicolas: There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic. (edit)

Nicolas: Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. (edit)

Nicolas: 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. (edit)

Nicolas: I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green. (edit)

Nicolas: I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it. (edit)

Nicolas: I get stimulated by creative people, and by meeting talented people. I like putting things together, and seeing how they work. (edit)

Nicolas: I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want to hold anything in so it it festers and turns into pus - a pustule of emotion that explodes into a festering cesspool of depression. (edit)

Nicolas: 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. (edit)

Source: http://www.tv.com/nicolas-cage/person/91260/trivia.html