Yeah. That was his opinion and, you know, we’ve since left it all behind us. But I think any time an actor does something unusual it’s going to be met with a certain amount of criticism. I’ve actively searched for that.
When I did Peggy Sue Got Married I wanted to play the character with this ridiculous voice and look, and I knew that it would be criticised, but I thought that it’s much more interesting to take the bad critical hits and know that you’ve really done something.
What’s the point in just getting good reviews? At the end of the day, I want people to go, ‘Well, what the hell was that?’ What’s that line in Tootsie? Bill Murray leaves the movie theatre saying, “I don’t want people going, ‘Hey, that’s great!’ I want people to go, 15 years from now, ‘What the fuck was that?’”
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Hadouken76
May 23rd 2011, 17:50
he needs to work with Coens again
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timbot
May 23rd 2011, 18:42
I'd rather see a film with Nicholas cage in it than Sean penn any day
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kaysad
May 23rd 2011, 18:49
Why are showing an old interview and calling it new? I remember reading this years ago in the Totalfilm magazine!
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timbot
May 23rd 2011, 19:43
Watching nicholas cage is a unique experience because he gives a manic edge he gives to every role he plays. no other actor could do this and get away with it. His performances in Bad luitenant face/off wild at heart and leaving las vagas are out of this world-he proved early on that he can completely immerse himself in a role in leaving las vegas but rather than sticking to that boring old method acting s**t he made a style of acting entirley of his own.
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