Nicolas Cage on uransa ansiosta päätynyt joukoksi varsin suosittuja nettimeemejä. Con Air, Face/Off ja Vampire's Kiss lienevät niitä tunnetuimpia. Näyttelijä itse ei pitkään kokenut tilannettaan miellyttäväksi. The Guardianille puhunut Cage oli pitkään turhautunut, sillä hän ei tiennyt, katsovatko ihmiset hänen elokuviaan ainoastaan niiden mahdollisen meemiarvon vuoksi.
Myöhemmin Cage hyväksyi hiljaa tilanteen, ja osaa jo ottaa ilon irti tilanteesta.
"I might have been the first actor who went through a kind of meme-ification. One person had cherrypicked from all these different movies where I was having meltdowns, but without any regard for how the character got to that place. I was frustrated because I didn't know what people were taking from the movies other than that."
"I didn't understand how to process what was happening. I got into acting because I was moved by film performance more than any other art form. I didn't get into movies to become a meme. That was new. I made friends with it but it was an adjustment."