A Quote by Nicolas Cage

When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds.

Nicolas Cage

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Nicolas Cage
American - Actor
Born: January 7, 1964

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