The last few he made sucked so it seems like its been quite some time
since he was in a movie. (The Weatherman, Lords of War) Maybe make some
decent flicks and do it say - once or twice a year?
I thought he already had cut back...has he had a movie lately??
> 
> Why does he feel the need to announce it? 
Maybe they asked him.
Promise?
>pstaw...@aol.com <pstaw...@aol.com> wrote in
>alt.gossip.celebrities: 
>Why does he feel the need to announce it?  If you don't want to do many 
>movies, you just don't do them.  Making this kind of announcement is 
>sort of like saying, "No one wants to hire me anymore, but I'd rather 
>you think it's my choice that I don't work."
Well, someone probably asked him and he just said what was on his
mind. That is how it seems to me. That's very different from his
making a press release just to announce he's probably going to cut
back on films.
Now that he's on his fourth wife (half his age) and a new baby, maybe he 
wants to be home more.
Ilene B
Cant blame him for that. He probably just wants to sleep with her. New
baby, hey, he probably wants to actually sleep.
>http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/16208189.htm
>
>Posted on Sun, Dec. 10, 2006  
> 
>Nicolas Cage plans to cut back on acting
>
>Associated Press
>
>NASSAU, Bahamas - After more than 55 films, Nicolas Cage plans to cut
>back on acting to pursue other interests, such as helping develop
>independent cinema in his new home of the Bahamas.
>
>"I'm thinking about taking more time in between movies," the Oscar
>winner told The Associated Press backstage at the third annual Bahamas
>International Film Festival.
>
>"I feel I've made a lot of movies already and I want to start
>exploring other opportunities that I can apply myself to, whether it's
>writing or other interests that I may develop," he said.
>
>Cage was in Nassau late Friday to receive the Chopard Award for career
>achievement. Fellow actor Sean Connery, Cage's co-star in the 1996
>thriller "The Rock," presented the award at the Atlantis Theater in
>Paradise Island.
>
>"Nic is a professional and brings to the table all the stuff that
>makes it a real joy," Connery said.
>
>Cage, who won a best-actor Oscar for 1995's "Leaving Las Vegas," owns
>a house in Paradise Island and bought an undeveloped private island in
>the Exuma Cays this year.
>
>He said he hopes the film festival continues to grow. Some 50
>narrative, documentary and short films from around the world are being
>showcased during the four-day festival, which began Thursday.
	I saw Leaving Las Vegas. Then there was "The Rock", and then
"Con Air". I think he's been cutting back on acting for a while. 
Thank you, thank you, thank you Nick. You won't be missed.