Nicolas Cage Quotes

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.

A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television.

If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

Being a celebrity is a business.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.

Nine out of 10 people who recognize me recognize me from the commercials.

As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.

The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.

I'm used to having big movie cameras in my face; I pretend that they're not there.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.