Well, good science fiction is ...

Well, 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. So automatically you\'re getting closer to potentially divine sources of interest because it is abstract. It\'s one of the only ways that a film actor can express himself in the abstract and have audiences still go along for the ride. They don\'t contend it. They accept it, that they\'re going to go places that are a bit more of the imagination, a bit more out there, and that\'s more and more where I like to dance.
Well, 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. So automatically you're getting closer to potentially divine sources of interest because it is abstract. It's one of the only ways that a film actor can express himself in the abstract and have audiences still go along for the ride. They don't contend it. They accept it, that they're going to go places that are a bit more of the imagination, a bit more out there, and that's more and more where I like to dance.
 Nicolas Cage

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My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.
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I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'
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I want to try to apply my abilities sometimes to make families happy, so I have to make movies at a venue that are not gratuitously violent, that are not using bullets and bloodshed, but are using things like magic and fantasy and enchantment and the imagination. To me that's just all positive stuff. But I am eclectic and I still like to make movies for the midnight audience as well.
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I certainly would never overstep my bounds and make suggestions to a director. As an actor I'm trying to fit to the best of my abilities within the director's vision, and trying to find some happy rapport where we can both bring something to it that's fresh. Usually I've been lucky in working with directors who have trusted my instincts.
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I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination?
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