Nicolas Cage recently starred in the comedy action film 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'.
Nicolas Cage said he feels 'blessed' to have had the 'best job of his life' over the years.
In an interview with People Magazine, the Pig actor was asked if he would share anything with his 'real-life early-career self'.
The 58-year-old actor replied, "I'd say it'll be okay. I'd say your dreams - the real Nicky, the Nicky who first saw Midnight Cowboys at my grandmother's house Louise Vogelsang on a terrifying old television and her heart." The strings were pulled and his heart was torn - I would say we are going to make some films on the road that are going to make you feel that again."
"I'm also going to say what people think, whatever the media wants to say or they want to marginalize your so called 'direct-to-video' movies, you're going to do some great work in the last 10 Your life in years that will last any of the first 30 years," Cage said.
He compared some of his older films to the newer ones, saying, "I'll put Mandy next to Face/Off. I'll put Pig next to Leaving Las Vegas. It goes on: Bad Lieutenant, Joe. So to me. I feel so blessed right now."
"I always say to myself, 'I've never had a career, only work.' I mean that sometimes—and I won't mention names—but it can be a slippery slope when you get into this career-minded notion of yourself, and it can lead to those things. Where you start believing in your own myths and you start taking yourself very seriously," concluded the actor.
"You show off and then you fall into the realm of a diva, and that's when mistakes happen in your personal life and on camera."