“If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't hav...” — Nicolas Cage Quote

“If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.”

“Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can access your memories and get there. So the idea is not to act but to just be.”

“I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn't even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument.”

“I'm friends with James Cameron. We've spent time together over the years because he is a diver and explorer and in his heart of hearts a biologist. We run into each other at scientific conferences.”

“I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was growing up and always wanted to be surrounded by wildlife.”

“I view my job more almost as a field biologist or anthropologist, where I'm collecting practices. I'm collecting techniques.”