Nicolas Cage Is A Great

Unless You're Playing A Real Character Based On A Real Person, If Someone Else Has Done It Before, You're Probably Better Off Not Watching It As An Actor. Otherwise You End Up Trying To Copy Someone Else.

I Think Mortality Makes You Live A Fuller Existence. When I Was A Kid I Was Scared Of Death, And Maybe That's What Made Me Desperate To Get The Most Out Of Life.

I Think We Are Affected So Much By Mythical Stories And Biblical Stories, Our Society Being Based On The Bible - At Least The Old Society Is Based On Biblical Terms And Laws - That There's More Of It In Art Than People Realize. Sometimes It Comes To The Surface, But Sometimes It's Below The Surface, But Certainly, It Does Influence Some Of My Movies.

I Think That People Are Going To Find More Interest In The Human Condition, Especially With Them Being Weaned On So Much Reality Television. They Want Character Driven Stuff Along With Real Violence. Cage Fighting Is Very Popular With The Kids Right Now. They See And Know What One Punch Can Do To Someone's Face. You Can't Give Someone Five Hundred Punches In A Film Anymore.

I Think Religious Movies Are More Of A Subset Of The Broader Historical Trend, And Also The Fact That There Is More History In Europe, Whereas In America, America Is About The Future. People In Europe Think More Of The Past, And That's Why I Think Filmmakers Are Drawn To It More.