3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.
3 December 2020 John Cusack If people are constantly reading about you, and you’re overexposed, they’ve got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it’s not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who’s to say anybody’s even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I’ve done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.
3 December 2020 John Cusack But no, I don’t really like romantic comedies, so I don’t really care. I never go see ’em.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I don’t want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it’s just too hard these days.
3 December 2020 John Cusack Do I listen to pop music because I’m miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack The movies have got more corporate, they’re making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen.
3 December 2020 John Cusack Most movies, once the action starts there’s no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there’s just explosions until the end.
3 December 2020 John Cusack Acting can be pretty challenging. I can’t say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I feel close to Lloyd in ‘Say Anything’. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I’m not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies really twisted.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack 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.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn’t before.
3 December 2020 John Cusack I remember the ’80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.
