Nicolas Cage To Quit Acting, Become Director

Nicolas Cage says he’ll only continue acting for ‘three or four more years,’ as he wants to make a permanent move behind the camera.

‘In terms of producing and directing, yes, I’m getting back in production,’ the 54-year-old Oscar-winner told media in Puerto Rico Tuesday, according to The Blast, as he promoted his latest movie, Primal. ‘My company, Saturn Films, is involved in all the movies I’m doing now.

‘Directing is something I’d look forward to down the road, because right now I’m primarily a film performer,’ said Cage, who earned an Oscar in 1996 for his role as tragic alcoholic Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas. ‘I’m going to continue doing that for three or four more years and then I’d like to focus more on directing.’ 

Well, he is a Coppola…