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 have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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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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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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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 values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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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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My body is an instrument for me to use.
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His desire to focus on specific core funds has given me the opportunity to redistribute assets to managers whose talents warrant larger assignments.
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I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
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I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.
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I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.
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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.
