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Aspiration is the ideology that underlies his whole star persona.
The people Cage plays dont have goals; they have models.
Depressed about his professional fortunes, Cage plans to announce his retirement from acting right after this last gig.
Cages dilemma reflects the psychological rift in his character.
You have a gift, he tells Cage.
And to turn your back on this gift is to turn your back on the entire human race.
