“Three or Four Left” – The Hollywood Reporter

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One of Hollywood’s most prolific actors is looking forward to retirement: Nicolas Cage, who is preparing to turn 60, says he is almost done acting in films.

“I might have three or four more films left in me.” Dream scenario The actor said Vanity gallery. “I feel like I said what I had to say in the cinema. I think I took the film performance as far as I could… I want to be more serious and strict in my selection process… I want to say goodbye on a high note.

Cage added that his father died at the age of 75 and estimated he probably only had 15 years left (“I hope more”). “What do I want to do during those fifteen years, using my father as a model?” asked the married father of three. “It occurred to me very clearly that I wanted to spend time with my family… I started solidifying my plan.”

However, Cage said that he is open to trying other forms of acting, such as TV series, which he has never done.

Cage has appeared in more than 100 feature films since his breakout role in 1983 Valley girlHe won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996 Leaving Las Vegas. He has six credits in 2023 alone (including a film titled, ironically,… Retirement plan). His current comedy Dream scenario The actor is earning some of the best raves of his career, and follows up a critically acclaimed performance in 2021 pig.

Cage’s pledge to “stay three out of four more movies” does not include his four upcoming titles listed on IMDB that are in various stages of production. Last month, Cage said he plans to slow down making films after he turns 60, but his new comments push that idea a bit further.

This step brings to mind director Quentin Tarantino’s pledge to leave filmmaking after his next tenth film. Film critic.

Part of Cage’s acting boom in recent year was fueled by the actor having to pay $14 million in back taxes to the IRS in 2009. “I made the decision to get out of this,” Cage said. Hollywood Reporter last year. But I only made films that I thought I could offer something original to. I rejected a lot of crap.”

It remains to be seen if Cage actually sticks to this plan. Cage said THR He quickly feels restless between projects, and becomes a better man when he works.

“I’m a better man when I’m working because I don’t want to be that guy sitting by the pool getting bombarded with Mai Tais and Dom Perignon,” he said. “I was that guy between jobs and it was just fun for a couple of days, and then I was like, ‘I have to get healthy.’ So work has always been a place where my job is to get up in the morning, work out, and walk 5 to 8 miles on the elliptical.” , I lift weights, I watch the news, I feed all my animals and then I call my kids. (When I’m on set), I’m focused, I’m working with other actors. I live a very clean life when I’m filming, and that’s important to me.