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
If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that. – John Cusack
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
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
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 to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party. – John Cusack
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
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
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
I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who’s to say anybody’s even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I’ve done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later. – John Cusack
I think 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 all the time, you’re not holding anything back. – 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 remember as being a very, very dark time. There was apocalypse in the air; the punk rock movement made sense. – John Cusack
Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It’s like an affair with no mess. – John Cusack
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, but for me, they’re, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable. – John Cusack
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. – John Cusack
Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They’re the best girls in the world – they’re loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they’ll try to kill you. – John Cusack
I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It’s like an affair with no mess. You don’t actually consummate it, but you get to pretend, imagine what it would be like. – 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. – John Cusack
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 all the time, you’re not holding anything back. – John Cusack
Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don’t always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do. – John Cusack