John Cusack Quotes
Roy, the guy I play in 'The Grifters,' is a guy who had a very bleak life. His mother had him at 13, and then when she was 17 or 18 and he was 4 or 5, they were trapped in a small Texas town somewhere, and she was ready to do anything to get out.
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Sometimes those big bloated superhero movies take themselves too seriously compared to the material they were based on. Am I going to listen to psychoanalysis from someone with a mask?
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.
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I was attracted to people who were funny because I wanted to be in that world.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
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Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.
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I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.
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Roy, the guy I play in 'The Grifters,' is a guy who had a very bleak life. His mother had him at 13, and then when she was 17 or 18 and he was 4 or 5, they were trapped in a small Texas town somewhere, and she was ready to do anything to get out.
