rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Breadcrumb Trail LinksMoviesCelebrityProlific 59-year-old actor eyes an end to acting career: ‘I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema’ Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Dec 04, 2023 • 3 minute read Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of “Dream Scenario” at the Royal Alexandra There during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Toronto. Photo by Joel C Ryan /APArticle contentNicholas Cage might be getting close to retirement.Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.Article content“I may have three or four more movies left in me,” the Con Air star told Vanity Fair in a recent interview. “I want to say bye on a high note.”Article contentThe 59-year-old Oscar winner went on to add that his father died at 75, so the prospect that he may only live another 15 years (“hopefully more”) weighs on him. “What do I want to do with those 15 years, using my father as the model?” the father of three asked. “It occurred very clearly to me that I want to spend time with my family … I’m starting to cement my plan.”Cage has appeared in more than 100 films since his big breakout in 1983’s Valley Girl, and won an Academy Award for best actor for his starring role 1996’s Leaving Las Vegas.He said he would have liked to have retired after working on his latest film, Dream Scenario, but he still has other projects in the works. “We’ll see what happens … I do want to get much more severe and stringent in my selection process.”Your Midday SunYour noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.Thanks for signing up!A welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againArticle contentAdvertisement 3This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentIn a separate interview with Uproxx, Cage hinted that he may move over to TV, praising Bryan Cranston’s work on Breaking Bad, adding that he’s “very interested in immersion streaming with episodic television.”“I have seen things that can be done now with characters and the time they’re given to express themselves. I saw Bryan Cranston stare at a suitcase for an hour on one episode of Breaking Bad. We don’t have time to do that in a feature film, so maybe television is the next best step for me. We’ll see.”Calling himself “a student,” Cage said he “might have something to learn in television.”“I feel that I’ve, at this point — after 45 years of doing this; that in over 100 movies — I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema. And I’d like to leave on a high note and say, ‘Adios,’” he told the outlet.Advertisement 4This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentWhen the Toronto Sun spoke to Cage last year, the actor shared the one film of his he hopes film lovers discover 50 years from now.“I loved Pig. I think with that movie I finally had entered the room. That movie works on balance as a film, as a poem and as a folk song. I think the performance — for me — it was closest I got to what I like about Ernest Hemingway,” he said. Nicolas Cage in Pig. Photo by Elevation Pictures“Hemingway was able to write in a very taut manner that he would liken to being like a fishing line in the water in the way you choose your sentences. The fishing line is taut and the sprinkles of water are coming off (are the words). I felt like with Pig I was able to get to a place where I didn’t have to act so much and the water was coming off the tautness of the fishing line.”Advertisement 5This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentBut whether Cage can stick to his guns remains to be seen. In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, he said he’s “a better man when I’m working.”“I don’t want to be that guy that’s sitting by a pool getting bombed on mai tais and Dom Perignon,” he said. “I have been that guy in between jobs and it’s only fun for maybe two days and then you’re like, ‘I gotta get healthy.’ So work has always been a place where my job is to get up in the morning, to work out, to do 5 to 8 miles on the elliptical, I lift weights, I look at the news, I feed all my animals and then call my boys. (When I’m on set), I’m focused, I’m working with other actors. I have a very clean life when I’m filming, and that’s important to me.”mdaniell@postmedia.comX: @markhdaniellArticle contentShare this article in your social network
Nicolas Cage ready to retire: ‘Three or four more movies left’
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