John Cusack Quotes

American - Actor Born: June 28, 1966

I always liked it when people go back in time to discover things about themselves, like with 'A Christmas Carol' and you're getting a tour of your life by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. John Cusack

Life, Future, Christmas, Time, Past, You

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

Democracy, Sorry, Think, You, Political

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

Home, Girl, Angry, Cool, Problems, You

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. John Cusack

Great, Summer, Movies, House, Citizen

Well, 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. John Cusack

Yourself, Liar, Think, Professional, You

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

Truth, Death, Politics, Mask, Fascism

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

Together, People, Meant To Be, Lot

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American. John Cusack

Myself, Me, American, Irish, Catholic

It's a very frightening time when something as basic as due process is seen as somehow radical. John Cusack

Time, Process, Something, Seen, Radical

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. John Cusack

Friendship, Technology, Trust, Coffee

Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge. John Cusack

Good, Art, Man, Time, Challenge, You

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

Best, Women, Amazing, Fun, World, Texas

If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards. John Cusack

Me, You, Award, Party, Go, Give

Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight. John Cusack

Life, Fear, Art, Courage, Great, Pain

I just love the process of working with other actors. It's like jamming with a musician, except it takes a little more effort to get to that place as an actor, because you have the cameras and lights and everything. But I love jamming with these people. John Cusack

Love, Effort, People, Lights, Process

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

Work, Old Friends, Live, Famous, Friends

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

Good, Lie, People, Looking, Good People

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

Teen, Enough, Star, Disgusting

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

Time, Black And White, Evil, Looking

Art is spiritual. John Cusack

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

Financial, Long, Crisis, Like, Being

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

Business, Death, Law, Gun, You, Kind

Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. John Cusack

Good, People, You, Chemistry, See, Mess

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30. John Cusack

Greatness, Famous, Being Famous, Up

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut. John Cusack

Action, Feel, Need, Like, I Feel Like

I guess maybe I'm idealistic. John Cusack

Maybe, Guess, Idealistic

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