Nicolas Cage Is A Great Actor And

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 Found Out About It Probably 9 - 10 Months Before We Shot The Film [don't Kill It] Because It Was Postponed A Couple Of Times, Which Was Actually A Good Thing Because Once It All Finally Came Together, I Had To Get In There And Roll Off Different Pages Of Dialogue And Monologues Pretty Quickly.

If I Need To Bulk Up For A Role, I Will Do More Weights. If I Need To Slim Down For Something, I Will Do More Cardio. That's Usually How It Goes.

As You Get Older, It's Important To Have Goals. When You're A Kid You Have Them, But Other People Can Set Them For You, Such As Your Parents, Your School... So, As You Get Older It's Nice To Have Your Own Goals, Which Don't Have To Do With Being More Famous, Or Being In Bigger Movies, Or Making More Money. Those Things Kind Of Corrupt Your Soul.

I Try To Keep The Martial Arts Up. It's A Good Thing, Not Just Physically But Also For Your Mind.