I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do wh…

Nicolas Cage
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I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me.
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