--- title: "10 Just Quotes By John Cusack" description: "10 Just quotes by John Cusack. Plus more from John Cusack and more Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/john-cusack-3209_award_if-you-wanna-give-me-an-award-i-ll-take_2915400.png" --- > [If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/if-you-wanna-give-me-an-award-i-ll-take-it-just-don-t-make-me-go-to/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/john-cusack-3209_award_if-you-wanna-give-me-an-award-i-ll-take_2915400.png) > [Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/most-movies-once-the-action-starts-there-s-no-more-characters-you-say/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/john-cusack-3209_action_most-movies-once-the-action-starts-there_2817909.png) > [Hollywood is just a bunch of people going around in Learjets to other people asking them if they've got any money? Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/hollywood-is-just-a-bunch-of-people-going-around-in-learjets-to-other/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/john-cusack-3209_any_hollywood-is-just-a-bunch-of-people-goin_3137963.png) > [I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-don-t-want-to-produce-anymore-small-or-independent-movies-because/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/john-cusack-3209_anymore_i-don-t-want-to-produce-anymore-small-or_1094273.png) > [Our parents more or less just kind of wanted us to pursue our passions. Whatever they would have been, they would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/our-parents-more-or-less-just-kind-of-wanted-us-to-pursue-our/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/john-cusack-3209_acting_our-parents-more-or-less-just-kind-of-wa_1479723.jpg) > [I just love the process of working with other actors. It's like jamming with a musician, except it takes a little more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-just-love-the-process-of-working-with-other-actors-it-s-like/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/john-cusack-3209_actor_i-just-love-the-process-of-working-with_172292.png) > [I was working with a great actress - a superior artist in every way - and she really liked Celine Dion. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-was-working-with-a-great-actress-a-superior-artist-in-every-way-and/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/john-cusack-3209_actress_i-was-working-with-a-great-actress-a-sup_1711326.png) > [You just try to get the best jobs that you can get. Sometimes I produce my own movies, so that's your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/you-just-try-to-get-the-best-jobs-that-you-can-get-sometimes-i/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/john-cusack-3209_aware_you-just-try-to-get-the-best-jobs-that-y_44691.png) > [Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/poe-had-this-curious-kind-of-alchemical-courage-where-he-took-all-the/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/john-cusack-3209_art_poe-had-this-curious-kind-of-alchemical_2956019.jpg) > [Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/probably-lloyd-in-say-anything-is-the-closest-to-me-or-to-who-i-was/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/john-cusack-3209_80s_probably-lloyd-in-say-anything-is-the-cl_325209.png) ## Other authors on Just ## More by John Cusack > [The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/the-elderly-have-so-much-to-offer-they-re-our-link-with-history/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/you-just-try-to-get-the-best-jobs-that-you-can-get-sometimes-i/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/but-you-know-i-m-sorry-i-think-democracy-requires-participation-i/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [If you help manufacture an enemy that's really evil, you can point to the fact that it's really evil, and say, "Hey, it's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/if-you-help-manufacture-an-enemy-that-s-really-evil-you-can-point-to/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/my-point-was-that-it-s-hard-to-make-good-films-but-i-m-not-under-any/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-read-noam-chomsky-i-like-some-of-gore-vidal-s-stuff/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/there-s-also-some-element-of-coming-of-age-during-the-reagan/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/you-can-only-really-judge-yourself-in-comparison-to-other-people-how/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/but-no-i-don-t-really-like-romantic-comedies-so-i-don-t-really-care-i/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-was-a-teen-star-that-s-disgusting-enough/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/well-acting-itself-is-a-form-of-rebellion-always-getting-up-there-in/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-think-everything-has-some-politics-to-it-it-s-just-whether-or-not/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/i-just-love-the-process-of-working-with-other-actors-it-s-like/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/maybe-the-absence-of-signs-is-a-sign/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) > [Satire is meant to have teeth; satire is meant to be dangerous. But it also happens to be fun because subversion and telling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cusack/satire-is-meant-to-have-teeth-satire-is-meant-to-be-dangerous-but-it/) [John Cusack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cusack/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just/john-cusack/#itemlist", "name": "10 Just Quotes By John Cusack", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. 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