Nicolas Cage Quotes

I feel people think I'm almost like a robot - like an android... I just don't really get portrayed as someone who has feelings or who is sympathetic... like a self-absorbed ice queen.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.

I smile a lot in my real life.

If I do not feel comfortable, I will not look comfortable.

A colleague who met me strolling rather aimlessly in the beautiful streets of Copenhagen said to me in a friendly manner, "You look very unhappy"; whereupon I answered fiercely, "How can one look happy when he is thinking about the anomalous Zeeman effect?".

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

I think I am basically a happy person.

I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.

What do I like in a girl? I like a girl that likes me, a girl that knows how to smile and see the bright side of things. A girl that makes me a better person.

I am a very emotional person.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.

I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it.

I'm a pretty emotional person.

I think of myself as a really happy person.

I want people to see me happy.

I'm very sensitive and I'm quite a soft person, and I cry a lot when things upset me.

I just show up and try to find the joy in every situation.

I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.

Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.