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 CusackPoe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.
John CusackI never really saw myself as an activist but at some point the activist is the only moral position to take.
John CusackI don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.
John Cusack