If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards. John Cusack More Quotes by John Cusack More Quotes From 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. John Cusack computer coffee people I think everything has some politics to it. It's just whether or not it admits to it. Politics is weird. I don't even know what that means any more. John Cusack knows mean thinking These guys who talk about free markets, they're not ideologues; they're crooks. John Cusack ideologues crooks guy Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music? John Cusack miserable music funny I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right. John Cusack moral boys thinking 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. John Cusack class long school The minute you realize that your options are unlimited, things just start falling into place all around you. John Cusack realizing minutes fall Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there. John Cusack great-love real people 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 dad player summer I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted. John Cusack satire twisted film I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed. John Cusack good-friend texas girl I guess maybe I'm idealistic. John Cusack idealistic I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene. John Cusack keys philosophy mean You just try to get the best jobs that you can get. Sometimes I produce my own movies, so that's your own sort of vision. That helps things. I don't know what it is. Probably just circumstance. I've definitely been aware of the fact that I want to do different things. John Cusack best-job vision jobs I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff. John Cusack gore stuff Radical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks. John Cusack islam bed lovers Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on. John Cusack babbling play people Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the grain to begin with, wanting to do that, don't you think? Why else would you do it? Except maybe as kind of a way to affirm your very existence. John Cusack acting people thinking Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers. John Cusack safety soldier thinking 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 effort light people
