Nicolas Cage Quotes

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.

Film is a tool of change.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.

I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.

Nothing changes in the world because of cinema.

Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to the world.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

To me, art's highest purpose is to entertain, to enlighten, to inspire, to evoke emotion and to change an audience in some way, big or small.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

Movies have an enormous power to open the mind and the heart and everything.

Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.

I don't know any form of art or entertainment that can affect people the way movies can. I know it sounds ridiculous, but they can change your world. They can change your views.

If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

I believe in music because it has the power of change.

In my theater, I'm not trying to change the world.

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it

It's scary how effective movies can be. It's a very powerful medium that I think is sometimes abused.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.

I've always enjoyed film, but I'm a little afraid of it because I think it is very powerful as a medium. You have the visuals, the sound, the colors, all of these things coming at you, and they transport you physically so it becomes this surround sound, virtual reality.

I don't think cinema has the power to change anybody's life.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.