John Cusack movie quotes

“Cats are amazing animals though. Survive all sorts of terrible shit, and they always land up on their feet.”
John Cusack - Jack

“The question remains: can your plan save us from us?”
John Cusack - Father Mike Corridan

“We go from third-rate schools to first class high-tech prisons.”
John Cusack - Father Mike Corridan

- Vince Larkin: [while in the surveillance truck] That's William Bedford, aka "Billy Bedlam".
- Smoke: The mass murderer?
- Vince Larkin: The same. He caught his wife in bed with another man. Left her alone, drove four towns over to his wife's family's house. Killed her parents, her brothers, her sisters, even her dog.
John Cusack - Vince Larkin
Don Charles McGovern - Smoke

“- Debi Newberry: You know what you need?
- Martin Q. Blank: What?
- Debi Newberry: Shakabuku.
- Martin Q. Blank: You wanna tell me what that means?
- Debi Newberry: It's a swift, spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever.
- Martin Q. Blank: Oh, that'd be good. I think.”
Minnie Driver - Debi Newberry
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

“I can see now I never really committed to Laura. I always had one foot out the door, and that prevented me from doing a lot of things, like thinking about my future and... I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open. And that's suicide. By tiny, tiny increments.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Melinda Ledbetter: When did you first start hearing voices?
- Brian: 1963.”
Elizabeth Banks - Melinda Ledbetter
John Cusack - Old Brian

“You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin' it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it.”

John Cusack - George "Buck" Weaver

“I want you to leave, but I don't want you to leave me.”
John Cusack - Old Brian

“- Roy Dillon: I guess I owe you my life, Lilly.
- Lilly Dillon: You always did, Roy.”
John Cusack - Roy Dillon
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon

“- Jack: You don't know what you're getting into, man.
- Ned: Oh, that's funny, because that's what I was just about to say to you.”
John Cusack - Jack
Crispin Glover - Ned

“Guns have become part of America's wardrobe.”
John Cusack - Father Mike Corridan

“- Lilly Dillon: You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book!
- Roy Dillon: What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?
- Lilly Dillon: That's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy.”
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
John Cusack - Roy Dillon

“- First J.M. Inc. Customer: Now when you say that I can be somebody else, whaddya mean exactly?
- Craig Schwartz: Well, we mean exactly that. We can put you inside someone else's body, for fifteen minutes.
- First J.M. Inc. Customer: Can I be anybody that I wanna be?
- Craig Schwartz: Well, you... actually...
- Maxine Lund: You can be John...” (continue)(continue reading)
W. Earl Brown - First J.M. Inc. Customer
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz
Catherine Keener - Maxine Lund

“I used to dream I'd be surrounded by exotic women's underwear forever and ever. Now I know they just save their best pairs for the nights they know they're going to sleep with somebody.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“It's all a matter of character. Of course, if I had any character, I wouldn't have stolen 2 million dollars from my boss.”
John Cusack - Charlie Arglist

“- Lane Myer: Uh, hello?
- Monique Junot: Ah, bonjour.
- Lane Myer: Monique, hi.
- Monique Junot: Comment allez-vous?
- Lane Myer: No thanks, I already had breakfast.”
John Cusack - Lane Myer
Diane Frankin - Monique Junot

“You don't know how lucky you are being a monkey. Because consciousness is a terrible curse. I think. I feel. I suffer. And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work. And they won't allow it... because I raise issues.”
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz

“Once you get the shit beat out of you, the universe lets your heart expand that way. I think that's the function of all this pain and heartache that you go through and you gotta go through that to come out to a better place.”
John Cusack - Jake

“- Wellness Guide: This letter, Edward, is a very important part of the healing process. By writing to your mother, you afford yourself the opportunity to thank her, or forgive her, or to ask her why she did the things she did. Now we don't mail the letter, but the simple act of putting it on paper frees you, allows you to let go. Now... what did...” (continue)(continue reading)
Alan Arkin - Wellness Guide
John Cusack - Eddie Thomas

“- Dimitri: Look I think we got off on the wrong foot.
- Anastasia: Well, I think we did, too. But I appreciate your apology.
- Dimitri: Who said anything about an apology?”
John Cusack - Dimitri
Meg Ryan - Anastasia

“- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: You keep looking at that thing as if it weren't kosher.
- Abe Goodman: A cut of meat is kosher. A piece of fish, savory foods, and all kinds of dang things are kosher, but a probation report is not kosher. A probation report is merely a probation report.”
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
David Paymer - Abe Goodman

“- Sheldon Flender: I have never had a play produced. That's right. And I've written one play a year for the past twenty years.
- David Shayne: Yes, but that's because you're a genius. And the proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent. Means you're a genius.”
Rob Reiner - Sheldon Flender
John Cusack - David Shayne

- Martin Q. Blank: If I just look suspicious on your customers' property, under those, you know, "heightened circumstances", you have the authority to shoot me?
- Terry Rostand: Correct.
- Martin Q. Blank: Wow, all right. How'd you get the gig?
- Terry Rostand: Oh, well, they were hiring. And it was only a two-week course.
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank
Steve Pink - Terry Rostand

“- Vegas Cop: [over the phone] We got a problem here with a corpse.
- Vince Larkin: Uh huh.
- Vegas Cop: Yeah, it fell outta the sky. I don't think he's an astronaut.
- Vince Larkin: What's this got to do with me?
- Vegas Cop: It's got your name written all over it.”
Brian Hayes Currie - Vegas Cop
John Cusack - Vince Larkin