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 CusackRadical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks.
John CusackIt'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 someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it.
John CusackMy 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.
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