John Cusack Quotes

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• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.
• I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.
• I have a bit of a rebellious nature.
• I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.
• 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…
• I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.
• I was never interested in being an overly public person.
• I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.
• My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.
• New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.
• Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.
• 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.
• 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 duty…
• If I'm in something that I think is kinda good, it stays with me like a fever dream for a long time afterwards. I don't…
• 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,…
• It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read…
• 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…

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