John Cusack quotes

If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards. (John Cusack)
Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time. View quote
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I just love the process of working with other actors. View quote
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I guess maybe I'm idealistic. View quote
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I have a bit of a rebellious nature. View quote
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Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life. View quote
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I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen. View quote
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I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days. View quote
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Art is spiritual. View quote
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If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that. View quote
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But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party. (John Cusack)
The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office. View quote
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I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do. View quote
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Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you. View quote
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Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? View quote
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Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part. View quote
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With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling. View quote
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There's also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration, which everybody has painted as some glorious time in America, but I remember as being a very, very dark time. There was apocalypse in the air; the punk rock movement made sense. View quote
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My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s. View quote
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I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films when I was in high school. The first was 'Class,' with Rob Lowe. I had a supporting role in that. View quote
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I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no. (John Cusack)
It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable. View quote
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Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on. View quote
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When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it. View quote
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I think the more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back. View quote
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