Nicolas Cage, who turns 60 on January 7th, recently opened up about his plans on how he'd like to spend his time after his birthday. In recent years, Cage has starred in movies such as, "The Old Way," "Renfield" and "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," but fan can expect to see less of him in the coming years. "Sixty is coming up. I’d like to read a book a week, I wanna spend more time with my daughter," he told Entertainment Tonight. "I’m taking more stock of what’s important. Maybe not make quite as many movies." Cage and his wife, Riko Shibata, welcomed their first child together in 2022, a baby girl named August Francesca Coppola Cage. The actor is already a father to two adult sons, Weston, 32, and Kal-El, 18, who are from previous relationships.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Cage spoke about his upcoming birthday and his future plans saying, “I was taking stock of how much time I had left. I thought, Okay, my dad died at 75, I’m going to be turning 60. If I’m lucky, I have maybe a good 15 years and hopefully more. What do I want to do with those 15 years, using my father as the model? It occurred very clearly to me that I want to spend time with my family.”

In recent years, Cage has shifted from Blockbuster movies to independent, indie films. In 2016, Cage starred in the independent film, "Pig," which followed a famous chef who left his celebrity status behind to live off the grid. Cage could somewhat relate to his character by saying, "I do feel that I’ve gone into my own wilderness and that I’ve left the small town that is Hollywood," Cage told Variety at the time. "I don’t know exactly why Rob left his stardom. It’s never fully explained, and I like that about the movie. But as for me, I don’t know if I’d want to go back. I don’t know if I’d want to go and make another Disney movie. It would be terrifying. It’s a whole different climate. There’s a lot of fear there." Cage shared the freedom he experiences while filming independent movies saying, "When I was making Jerry Bruckheimer movies back-to-back, that was just a high-pressure game. There were a lot of fun moments, but at the same time, there was also ‘We wrote this line. It has to be said this way.' They’d put a camera on you and photograph you, and order you: ‘Now say the roller skate training wheels line.’ I’d say, ‘I’ll do that but I’d also like to try it this way.’" He continued, "On independent movies, you have more freedom to experiment and be fluid. There’s less pressure and there’s more oxygen in the room."