Nicolas Cage is probably our generation's Orson Welles, in that his early career was just as noteworthy as the train wreck his later career became, and both seem like they whiled away their off hours consuming peyote buttons and Scotch.
''NOT THE BEES!"
— Nicolas Cage, The Wicker Man (2006)
A! B! C! D! E! F! G! H! I! J! K! L M N O P! Q R S! T U V! W X Y AND Z! That's all you have to do!
I’m gonna take them on a holiday that is so batshit mental if it was a movie, EVERYONE would be played by Nicolas Cage!
— Alfie Wickers The Bad Education Movie
"Oh, you want me to go full Cage?"
— Nicolas Cage when the directors of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse admitted they weren't exactly getting what they wanted from him as Spider-Man Noir.
"You listen to me; You're Nick FUCKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN-AAOOW! WHOO! CAGE!"
—Nick Cage to himself, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
"I'll stand up again, I'll walk. I’ll scare the fuck out of you, Killer. I'm NICK! FUCKING! CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE! Argh, cut."
— Nicolas Cage As Himself, Dead by Daylight
"Is Nicolas Cage a method actor? ...It depends on the method."
— Nicolas Cage, Wired Autocomplete Interview
