The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy. John Cusack More Quotes by John Cusack More Quotes From John Cusack I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person. John Cusack bigstryingpast If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards. John Cusack awardspartygiving People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that. John Cusack songpeoplepast The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16. John Cusack differentagetwo Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge. John Cusack challengesmenart 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 islamicblack-and-whiteevil 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. John Cusack movienicereading 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. John Cusack comedyactingchallenges 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 lots-of-friendsold-friendsthinking 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. John Cusack girlactinghome I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell 'action' and 'cut.' John Cusack cuttingactionneeds A lot of people are not meant to be together. John Cusack meant-to-betogetherpeople 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 selflessgoalwould-be I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can. John Cusack aspectproducersway I just love the process of working with other actors. John Cusack working-with-othersactorsprocess I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear. The insecurity that you feel, and the paranoia that you feel, have been around for a long time - you know it's a liar because it's been lying to you all along - every time you start something new. John Cusack liarstimelying Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis. John Cusack investingfinanciallong 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. John Cusack girlattentionschool You can only really judge yourself in comparison to other people. How bad you are, but you're not as bad as someone else. So it's degrees of losing. John Cusack degreesjudgingpeople 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 turning-30greatnessobsession
