Nicolas Cage prefers “thespian” to “actor,” thank you very much
The star of Pig, Cage risks sounding “pretentious” to make a fair point

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Nicolas Cage is on something of a hot streak of late. Over the past few years, he’s turned in a handful of fantastic performances that reminded us why we became obsessed with Cage in the first place. Though the quality of the overall films varies, Cage finally got some pictures worthy of his specific skills with turns in Color Out Of Space, Prisoners Of The Ghostland, and his latest, Pig, which could put him back in the Oscar race for the first time since 2003.
Despite being one of the world’s most beloved and confusing screen presences, it turns out that Nic Cage doesn’t care much for the term “actor,” which tracks. Instead, as he said on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, Cage prefers “thespian,” which also tracks.