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Cage: No to 'Shrek,' yes to 'Croods'!

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    Nic cage said he turned down 'Shrek,' so he jumped at the chance to do 'The Croods'

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What do you think your animated self willed person that's always you know I really hope I don't look -- The second half I was while -- recruiting this this is a spectacular.

Visual feast you could see this movie ten times in -- -- discover something new every time.

And that's really why I wanted to make the -- And it it like -- Odd that precedent that -- -- -- -- end note you know it means.

You're starting he's saying let's get him a little more action ball let's fix this I don't know -- They know what they're doing over there for an works I mean I.

Jeffrey talked -- -- years ago about track and I said no reason and -- look like Taiwan which.

But I didn't but the point is you drug.

Should look.

Like a little bit scary like a big bear -- in fact he's really big Teddy -- and I and that's what that's what's -- about him he is.

A little menacing a little grotesque but at the same time.

Your kids can go wrong on him mess up his hair and squeeze them knocking her caveman don't need brains we have he's.

Often I love talking about it.

Just so protective.

And yeah I'm not that -- -- can sort of partly.

I don't really have that much in common drug in fact I would cringe inside every time I had to say things like new is bad and -- of -- is -- you must live in -- well.

Absolutely not that's not the way I wanna live my life and in fact have gone out of my way not to live that way don't live in fear.

Try not to -- and I think news good.

Anything that you yeah you're -- I have quite -- deputy social media.

A lot definitely or I'm not I am not a social.

Don't do that -- FaceBook Twitter and world.

The the thing that it's a good question does you know there's a generation of young people that are like in their twenties and early toys.

They're all going like this you know when you have a conversation.

Is totally obnoxious you know.

There's a new generation and heard about 1718 girls and they're not doing all they are actively refusing to do.

-- become closer as a family.

I sent back to the -- been working on that -- it sort of you know show that -- deliver lines get to go home.

What an easy -- -- or is it more challenging because this is its larger than life.

Firstly you have to -- in the first three minutes here to get over the feelings of claustrophobia because it's your isolated stuck in the -- -- for the microphone you literally being -- squeezed become.

A careful line of former us go in that box.

And become drug you know and by the way -- -- DreamWorks.