John Cusack Quotes

American - Actor Born: June 28, 1966

I think that Poe is so resonant because he represents that part of us that is in misery or sorrowful or wants to explore the darkness. He wrote a great story called 'The Imp of the Perverse' about the instinct towards self-destruction. Poe is the godfather of Goth literature and that whole movement. John Cusack

I Think, Instinct, Poe

I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when you're famous, its hard to live in a small town. John Cusack

Small, I Think, Moved

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. John Cusack

Politics, Principle, Death

Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though. John Cusack

Goal, Though, More

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

Participation, Some, Behind

I have a bit of a rebellious nature. John Cusack

Rebellious, Nature, Bit

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? John Cusack

Pop, Music, Miserable

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide. John Cusack

Behind, Curve, Ahead

I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan. I should have been contrite - and apologized for exposing her to the angry pimple. John Cusack

Bus, Big, I Remember

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful. John Cusack

Stereotypes, Fact, Islamic

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane. John Cusack

Through, Gun, Screening

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that. John Cusack

Movie, Love, Like

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no. John Cusack

Old Enough, I Was Raised

People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that. John Cusack

Song, Holding On, Like

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time. John Cusack

Long Time, Meet, Known

It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure out how to get married, stay married, fall in love, how to rekindle all this stuff. It seems to me to be a pretty eternal theme so I don't know if you can get typecast from making movies about men relating to women. It seems to be what is going on on the planet a lot. John Cusack

Love, Making Movies, About

I just love the process of working with other actors. John Cusack

Love, Process, Other

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. John Cusack

Purpose, Lose, Loyal

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. John Cusack

Some, Very, I Remember

I never wanted to come off as self-important. John Cusack

Never, Wanted, Come

I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed. John Cusack

Good Friend, Friend, Whole

There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do. John Cusack

Some, Reason, Nine

I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough. John Cusack

Star, Disgusting, Enough

A lot of people are not meant to be together. John Cusack

Lot, Meant, Meant To Be

Art is spiritual. John Cusack

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis. John Cusack

Movie, Financial Crisis, Set

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