Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage's trademark acting style isn't over the top, but rather outside of the box, he tells Lee Cowan in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD, to be broadcast April 6 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
"I don't believe in the term 'over the top,'" Cage tells Cowan. "I believe in the term 'outside of the box.' Let's take chances, let's keep trying new things, and that's how you reinvent yourself. And that's how you stay fresh." Cage has built a career on films where his character is like a simmering pot waiting to boil. He has been acting for 35 years and starred in such films as "Con Air," "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and "Raising Arizona." He also earned an Academy Award for his work in "Leaving Las Vegas." "I will promise you if I can give you two good scenes, which is what I always try to do in every movie, then I feel like I've done my job," Cage tells Cowan. His performance style of calm speaking followed by outburst deliveries have been dubbed "Cage-isms," which the actor finds funny. "It is music," he says. "You know, I think all of this, if you listen to different kinds of music, you have moments that are explosive, and you have quieter moments."Videos