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I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an enthusiast.
Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.
I think it's no secret that I've tried to take chances in my career and also in my life, and I believe to not live in fear.
I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not.
I always wanted to find a way to apply my acting in a big mad monster movie where I was transforming into this scary entity.
I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.
I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.
One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong.
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.
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.
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.
I use technology for communication, but I don't have a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use an outdated cell phone, but I'm fine with it.
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.
Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.
I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.
The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.
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.
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.
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 like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful.
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.
For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.
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.
Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.
I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could discover in that laboratory.
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.
Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig.
I will promise you that if I can give you two good scenes -- which is what I always try to do in every movie -- then I feel like I'm doing my job.
I had been making a lot of family oriented movies, which I also like. But I still have a passion for the midnight audience and for midnight movies.
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.
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract.
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.
Film has lost something in the translation to high tech. It's become so super-real. It's with digital this and stereo that, and everything's like a CD.
I really would like to be able to face all my superstitions that may have existed and walk under the ladder and do everything you're not supposed to do.
At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.
I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and keep me learning and stimulated.
I'm always curious about what happens when we die. And I'd like to think that somehow the spirit goes on. I'd rather not think that it's just about this.
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.
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.
Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in Excalibur. That was the first thing I said to her. "I loved you as Morgan Le Fay."
My father always 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.
I'm sticking my tongue out in scenes to try to make that work in 3D. I'm thinking I'll try to get my tongue all the way out to the second row of the audience.
My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose.
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.
Helen Mirren is someone that I have really admired ever since I saw her in 'Excalibur.' That was the first thing I said to her. 'I loved you as Morgan Le Fay.'
Movies work, in my opinion, on the best level when they're more enigmatic, when we don't say it's this or that and where it raises more questions than answers.
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.
These so called Popcorn movies, or family movies, actually provide something quite beautiful and something quite necessary, which is a family bonding experience.