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 movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s.

More Quotes by John Cusack

Art is spiritual.

I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.

Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.

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.

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.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?