Nicolas Cage has officially left the “highly eccentric” department and entered the realm of “freakishly weird” by admitting that he plans his meat-based diet not for taste or nutrition but, instead, merely according to animals’ mating habits:
“I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales – sentient life – insects, reptiles,” says Cage, who is currently getting great reviews for his performance as a drug-addled detective in Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, a quasi-remake of Abel Ferrara’s 1992 tale of a destructive cop.
He continues: “I actually choose the way I eat according to the way animals have sex. I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds.
“But pigs, not so much. So I don’t eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl.”
Under normal circumstances, I’d conclude that anyone making such a bizarre statement has merely run out of things to say within interviews and must certainly be jesting. Where Nicolas Cage is concerned, however, I believe he is entirely serious and owns every bit of crazy possible. Enjoy your dinner, Nic!
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All animals, fish, reptiles, etc. are sentient. And there’s nothing dignified or undignified about how fish or birds reproduce. It’s just what they do to make more fish and birds. OK, he’s nuts.
Clearly, this man has never seen chickens bonking. Or his definition of “dignified” is radically different from everyone else’s.