Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

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?