Nicolas Cage Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

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.

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.

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