(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Nicolas Cage “absolutely” believes in magic.

The 46-year-old actor stars opposite Jay Baruchel in action fantasy The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Nicolas plays an ageing wizard who takes on a reluctant young protégé, played by Jay, to help him battle evil in Manhattan.

Nicolas loved shooting the movie because it is all about magic, something he chooses to see in every single thing he does, from reading a book to making a movie. He is convinced this childlike ability to see something wonderful in everyday things is what has helped him survive for so long in Hollywood.

"I absolutely believe in magic,” Nicolas at a press conference for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in Los Angeles. “You can't really survive in the arts if you don't keep the magical child's mind alive.

"Magic is very simple, isn't it? It's really about imagination plus willpower, focus in such a way to create conscious effects in the material world. So every book is a work of magic, every science experiment is a work of magic, every speech that moves people is a work of magic, every movie is a work of magic." (C) Cover Media