John Cusack Movie Quotes & Sayings

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis. — John Cusack

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something. — 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

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life. — Bert V. Royal

If you're a movie star, there's a cycle you go through: adoration, adulation, you're used, and then you're discarded. And it happens again and again, always in that sequence. — John Cusack

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have ... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can. — John Cusack