Nicolas Cage said he thinks he’s only got “three or four more movies left” in him as he talked about retirement and ending his career on a “high note.”
During the 59-year-old actor’s interview with Vanity Fair, Cage talked about the time he has left on earth and said he wants to spend that doing something different in his career that he’s never done, like TV.
“It’s starting to solidify—I’m starting to cement my plan,” the superstar actor said when asked if he’s at a turning point in his movie-making career. “I may have three or four more movies left in me.”
“I do feel I’ve said what I’ve had to say with cinema,” he added. “I think I took film performance as far as I could. I want to say bye on a high note.”
Cage will celebrate his 60th birthday in January and said he’s been really “taking stock of how much time” he has left.
Nicolas Cage is seriously considering a retirement from movies: “I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema…I did what I had to do with cinema and I want to move on now. But I’m not there yet, but hopefully I will be. We’ll see.” https://t.co/bYaoQsfYM7
— Variety (@Variety) December 5, 2023
“I thought, Okay, my dad died at 75, I’m going to be turning 60. If I’m lucky, I have maybe a good 15 years and hopefully more,” the actor told the reporter. “What do I want to do with those 15 years, using my father as the model? It occurred very clearly to me that I want to spend time with my family.”
Cage, who has appeared in at least one feature film for 37 consecutive years and counting, got his big break when he starred in “Raising Arizona” and “Moonstruck,” the outlet noted. In 2023 alone, the “Ghost Rider” star will have racked up six credits following the release in November of his movie “Dream Scenario.”
The “Renfield” star made it clear he’s going to slow down — but has no interest in stopping acting all together, as he expressed an interest in maybe switching “formats.”
Cage said, “Maybe it’s time to look at the immersive streaming experience. I don’t know. I have to look for the next step and I haven’t found it yet.”
“I do want to get much more severe and stringent in my selection process,” he added. “But I want to look ahead. I want to see what’s next.”
The superstar actor has three children, his youngest, daughter August Francesca, was born last year. He shares her with wife Riko Shibata, whom he married in 2021. He also has two adult children from previous relationships.