Nicolas Cage Admits He Still Has to Learn Some Basic Social Skills
"Sometimes I feel like an outsider," he said.
— -- At 50 years old, Nicolas Cage has an illustrious list of movie credits to his name, not to mention an Oscar and reputation as one of the biggest daredevils in Hollywood. The man also boasts a cult following most actors work their entire career to attain.
But even with all of this, Cage is still a person with insecurities.
"Some of the snarky comments people make can get under my skin. I can be a bit of a broken record at home when I read the things that are said about me," he told UK's The Sunday Times magazine. "But I have to just stop belaboring these things and let it go, rather than complaining to my wife all the time."
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He continued, "Sometimes I feel like an outsider. When you’re endowed with an original way of thinking, or with a highly active imagination, you can become quickly ostracised. You can feel isolated and misunderstood."
Cage, who lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Alice, and their two children, said he hasn't yet gotten used to the way modern celebrities and actors are perceived.
He touched on some of his issues in an interview for the Times called "What I’ve Learnt: Nicolas Cage."
"I’m trying to be better socially than I have been in the past. So at dinner, I’m actively trying to ask other people questions about their lives, as opposed to just chiming all the time about what I’m doing. I’m trying to show more interest in other people’s interests rather than just my own," he said.
He added that his intensity and even insecurities are something he brings to every project he works on.
"Every time I start a movie, I want to vomit. I really care," he said. "I want it to look truthful. I don’t want it to seem like I’m acting, I don’t want it to look fake. Even if I’m doing a movie where I’m in some sort of supernatural situation, I’m still going to approach it with the same commitment and quest for authenticity. And that may look ridiculous. But, to me, what’s important is that I didn’t fake it."
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