Nicolas Cage Quotes

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I fell in love with the art of acting back when I was 10 years old, actually.

I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy.

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

When I was much younger, I used to practice my Oscar speech in the mirror. I used to beg my parents to be in movies.

Have you imagined me acting in a TV drama? I have, when I was young.

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

There are a million roles I haven't played yet that I would love to play!

I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.

As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!

I didn't intend to become an actor.

I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.

I don't go for glamour roles.

I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew what he wanted to do.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

I'd wanted to be an actress my whole life, that was my goal, that was all I cared about.

I'm trying to get an acting gig on 'CSI' or something like that, so we'll see how that works out. I'm a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions.

I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.

I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around play dress-up all the time. I think I was 4 when I told them I wanted to do movies.

You always love to fantasize you'll get your dream role.