Hmm. Feel a bit bad now. Then again, if you had a seriously abusive father you would never make such a comparison. For example, it's not so easy to avoid an abusive father, but that's just us nitpicking.
As is happens, the 49-year-old actor doesn't pay attention to either negative or positive remarks made about him, because the former will not help him progress while the latter will make him complacent. Cage believes for him to succeed he needs to feel constantly "uncomfortable".
Speaking to the Metro, he said: "I don't take criticism seriously and I don't take praise seriously, both would be a mistake. If you buy into the negative that is the internet today, or the cynical critic, it's not unlike listening to an abusive father that's trying to cave you in and you can't function. If you buy into praise, to people who adore you, you might get lazy and say, 'Well, I'll just keep doing that.' You have to stay uncomfortable.'
Apparently he learnt this philosophy from David Bowie (you know how they all hang out together, 'n stuff) who insists the reinvention he has achieved throughout his six decade spanning career is down to never getting "comfortable".
Cage explained: "I learned that from David Bowie. I said, 'How do you do it? How do you keep reinventing yourself?' He said, 'I just never got comfortable with anything I was doing.' I knew those were words of wisdom from a great artist and I took those words seriously."
That would explain why he chose to make me feel seriously uncomfortable during a junket interview by refusing to answer my first question, thus sending me into a spiral of doom. He was just trying to further my career!
Naaaaw. Cheers Nic.
