New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something. John Cusack More Quotes by John Cusack More Quotes From 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. John Cusack women girl fun If you're looking at things with the right set of eyes, people are endlessly fascinating. And then, of course, if you look at it the wrong way, then the whole world is horrible and tedious and boring. That's the battle, really--to keep looking at the world in the right way. John Cusack battle eye people I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that. John Cusack careers money say-anything 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. John Cusack knowing opposites war Maybe the absence of signs is a sign. John Cusack serendipity absence 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 chemistry actors people I have a bit of a rebellious nature. John Cusack bits rebellious If you're a movie star, there's a cycle you go through: adoration, adulation, you're used, and then you're discarded. And it happens again and again, always in that sequence. John Cusack adoration used stars Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time. John Cusack sometimes long people 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. John Cusack putting-yourself-out-there watches interesting Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life. John Cusack real practice trying Getting trapped back in the '80s, it's almost like a comic nightmare, which for me is a very real nightmare. Every time I flip through the cable, I have flashbacks. John Cusack flip nightmare real I never really saw myself as an activist but at some point the activist is the only moral position to take. John Cusack activist saws moral We've got to force the Democrats to get a spine. If they don't want to have a spine, we should throw them out. If they don't want to stand up for the rule of law, then I'm not a Democrat. John Cusack should law want I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I've done a couple of things like that. I've surprised someone in Paris. And hopefully, when you surprise someone, they're happy to see you. John Cusack couple night thinking 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 nine lying people 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 rocks air dark I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process. John Cusack love-you long thinking I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no. John Cusack raised catholic enough I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s. John Cusack great-music nostalgic youth
