I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to... →
Nicolas Cage
I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.
I have eclectic tastes in the movies I want to do.
I do enjoy animated movies.
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.
I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.
The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.'
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.
I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.
I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way.