John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Read full biography of 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... →
I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.
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 them... →
I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.
I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of... →
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... →
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 recall the finished... →
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There... →
My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old... →
Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?
A lot of people are not meant to be together.
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.
I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and... →
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.