John Cusack

“There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do.”

— John Cusack

“I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.”

— John Cusack

“I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.”

— John Cusack

“The movies have got more corporate, they're making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen.”

— John Cusack

“Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.”

— John Cusack

“I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.”

— John Cusack

“Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.”

— 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

“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 was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.”

— John Cusack

“I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies really twisted.”

— John Cusack

“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.”

— John Cusack

“With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling.”

— John Cusack

“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 that.”

— 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

“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

“But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.”

— John Cusack

“I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.”

— John Cusack

“I have a bit of a rebellious nature.”

— John Cusack

“It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure out how to get married, stay married, fall in love, how to rekindle all this stuff. It seems to me to be a pretty eternal theme so I don't know if you can get typecast from making movies about men relating to women. It seems to be what is going on on the planet a lot.”

— John Cusack