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yourself regarding the movie business, if
you could go back in time and speak to
the teenaged Nicolas Cage about to make
his
first
film?
NC: I would say, “Be more careful with
your finances, and try to not let them get in
the way.”
‘I believe there’s an infinite energy that
emanates from successful people. They’re
tireless and have a need to be creative. There’s
no choice in the matter. They just have to do it’
KW: Children’s book author Irene Smalls
asks: Are there goals you still want to
attain?
NC: Yeah, I want to continue in the direc-
tion I’m already headed by mixing the inde-
pendent, dramatic work with an
increasingly abstract style of acting that I
can explore in horror or sci-fi films. I just
want to keep going there, and hopefully one
day even write a script.
KW: Irene was also wondering, what
gives you the greatest joy?
NC: Children smiling and laughing.
KW: Filmmaker Kevin Williams asks: Did you ever con-
sider writing your own material and or/directing yourself? I
think you would be wonderful at both.
NC: Thanks, Kevin. Well, I did have a small role in a
movie I directed called “Sonny.” I played a gay pimp
named “Acid Yellow” in that movie. And yes, I plan to
explore writing, but more likely in a novel format.
KW: The Melissa Harris-Perry question: How did your
first, big heartbreak impact who you are as a person?
NC: Well, because I’m a romantic, I tend to take things
pretty hard, and I’m sure the emotion of my first big heart-
break had much to do with the energy that I put into my per-
formances. So, it fueled my work.
--Nicolas Cage
KW: The Sanaa Lathan
question: What excites you?
NC: What excites me is
making a positive connec-
tion with an audience where
I create something and the
public enjoys it and rolls
with it.
favorite charity?
NC: I’m always interested in children, anything having to
do with kids. I used to work with Amnesty International and
the United Nations to free child soldiers in Africa.
KW: Dante Lee, author of “Black Business Secrets,”
asks: What was the best business decision you ever made?
NC: My best business decision was probably doing
“Leaving Las Vegas,” although that was more of a creative
expression than a business decision. I think my best busi-
ness choices have come as a result of collaborating with
Jerry Bruckheimer because he always has his finger on the
pulse of what the audience seems to want.
KW: Two Pastor Alex Kendrick questions: When do you
feel the most content?
NC: When everybody I love is okay.
Nicolas Cage
KW: The Judyth Piazza question: What key quality do
you believe all successful people share?
NC: I believe there’s an infinite energy that emanates
from successful people. They’re tireless and have a need to
be creative. There’s no choice in the matter. They just have
to do it.
KW: Attorney Bernadette Beekman asks: What is your
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KW: The Laz Alonso question: How can your fans help
you?
NC: By just being themselves.
KW: Secondly, what do you wish other people would
note about you?
NC: That I care about my work.
KW: The Toure question: Who is the person who led you
to become the person you are today?
NC: My father.
KW: The Nancy Lovell Question: Why do you love
doing what you do?
NC: Because it is a positive expression that can take neg-
ative memories and turn them into something good, sort of
like Ghost Rider himself.
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