Nicolas Cage prefers being called a thespian over an actor as a result of the latter makes it sound like he’s a “great liar”.
The film icon defined what he thought the distinction was between the 2 phrases on an episode of the Variety Awards Circuit podcast on December 30. He was being requested about his performing strategies, notably in his newest movie Pig, the place he portrays a social recluse.
“Well, I think – and I’ve gone on record saying this – (but) I really don’t like the word ‘actor’ because for me it always implies, ‘Oh he’s a great actor, therefore he’s a great liar and lying in some way,” he said.
“So I like the word – with the risk of sounding like a pretentious a-hole – I like the word ‘thespian’, because to me ‘thespian’ means you’re going into your heart, or you’re going into your imagination or your memories or your dreams and you’re bringing something back to communicate with the audience.”
Cage then went deeper into what his performing course of was like, saying that it’s a mixture of discovering issues from inside himself and finding out different individuals.
“I can find things within to project back out to tell the story and inform the libretto or I can go outside in the macro and get a newspaper, I can see what’s happening to that person, this person, or that person,” he added. “I feel it, I take it in, and that helps me play the scene.”
The Face Off actor then admitted that he sees his artistic course of extra like shamanism than he sees it as performing.
“I don’t know if (what I do is) acting, I think it’s more like ‘recruiting’ imagination. It’s more – dare I say it – like shamanism,” he continued.
Cage has starred in numerous movies within the span of over 40 years, together with motion hits equivalent to Con Air, National Treasure and Ghost Rider. His newest movie, Pig, the place he additionally serves as producer, acquired vital acclaim final yr. Costarring Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin, Cage acquired a Best Actor nomination for his position within the movie on the upcoming twenty seventh Critics Choice Awards. – Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network
