If people are constantly reading about you, and youre overexposed, theyve got no reason to go see your movies. Also, its not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded. – John Cusack
Theres also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration, which everybody has painted as some glorious time in America, but I remember as being a very, very dark time. There was apocalypse in the air the punk rock movement made sense. – John Cusack
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. – John Cusack
The movies have got more corporate, theyre making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen. – John Cusack
I didnt know this about myself, but when Pirates of the Caribbean came out I realised that I didnt enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didnt react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead. – Keira Knightley