John Cusack movie quotes

“- Dr. Oatman: Don't kill anybody for a few days. See what it feels like.
- Martin Q. Blank: Alright, I'll give it a shot.
- Dr. Oatman: No, don't give it a shot! Don't shoot anything!”
Alan Arkin - Dr. Oatman
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

“You know, Josh, in primitive societies, after they sever the umbilical cord, they eat the placenta in a ritualistic ceremony. Want a bite?”

John Cusack - Ivan Alexeev

“- Rankin Fitch: You don't have much faith in the Law!
- Nicholas Easter: I'm agnostic.”
Gene Hackman - Rankin Fitch
John Cusack - Nicholas Easter

“What the hell's wrong with being stupid once in a while? Does everything you do always have to be sensible? Haven't you ever thrown waterballoons off a roof? When you were a little kid didn't you ever sprinkle Ivory flakes on the living room floor 'cause you wanted to make it snow in July? Didn't you ever get really shitfaced and maybe make a...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

“Top five things I miss about Laura. One; sense of humor. Very dry, but it can also be warm and forgiving. And she's got one of the best all time laughs in the history of all time laughs, she laughs with her entire body. Two; she's got character. Or at least she had character before the Ian nightmare. She's loyal and honest, and she doesn't even...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

From the time of the first NASA mission, it was clear that outer space has a clear effect on the human psyche. Why, during the first Gemini mission, thought was actually given to sending up a man and a woman... together. A cosmic "Adam and Eve", if you will. Bound together by fate, situated on the most powerful rocket yet known to man. It's... (continue)(continue reading)

John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

“- David Shayne: I studied playwrighting with every teacher, I read every book...
- Cheech: Let me tell you somethin' about teachers. I hate teachers. Those blue-haired bitches used to whack us with rulers. Forget teachers.”
John Cusack - David Shayne
Chazz Palminteri - Cheech

“- Mayor John Pappas: You don't know what menschkeit means?
- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: No, I don't.
- Mayor John Pappas: Menschkeit, you know... something between men... it's about honor, and character... untranslatable. That's why it's Yiddish.”
Al Pacino - Mayor John Pappas
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun

“John Dillinger was killed behind that theater in a hale of FBI gunfire. And do you know who tipped them off? His fucking girlfriend. All he wanted to do was go to the movies.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

- Walter "Gib" Gibson: Elliot? You're gonna name the kid Elliot? No, you can't name the kid Elliot. Elliot is a fat kid with glasses who eats paste. You're not gonna name the kid Elliot. You gotta give him a real name. Give him a name. Like Nick.
- Alison Bradbury: Nick?
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: Yeah, Nick. Nick's a real name. Nick's your buddy.... (continue)(continue reading)
John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson
Daphne Zuniga - Alison Bradbury

“- Marybeth Cogan: You're a mean prick, you know that?
- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Where I come from, that's a compliment.”
Bridget Fonda - Marybeth Cogan
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun

This place is fantastic. It's like “Gone With the Wind” on mescaline.

John Cusack - John Kelso

“Everyone in the city is having sex at the exact same time except for us.”

John Cusack - Jake

- Alison Bradbury: What are you doing?
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: I'm going to bed.
- Alison Bradbury: Not with me you're not.
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: I'm not going to bed with you, I'm going to bed in a bed you happen to be in also.
Daphne Zuniga - Alison Bradbury
John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

“See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great.”

John Cusack - Lane Myer

They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the Pesident of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?".

John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

- Walter "Gib" Gibson: You told her I was a virgin?
- Lance: So I exaggerated a little. Girls like virgins. They find them a challenge.
- Walter "Gib" Gibson: She thought I was gay!
- Lance: It's a bigger challenge.
John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson
Anthony Edwards - Lance

“I flunk English, I'm outta here. Kiss college goodbye. I don't know what I'll do. Dad will be pissed off. Mom will be heartbroken. If I play my cards right, I get maybe a six-month grace period and then I gotta get a job, and you know what that means. That's right, they start me at the drive-up window and I gradually work my way up from shakes...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Cusack - Walter "Gib" Gibson

“- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Walter Stern looked so judicial. How could he be so corrupt?
- Abe Goodman: The sweater unravels.”
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
David Paymer - Abe Goodman

“- Arlene: [about the nametags she's made for the high school reunion] I had the yearbook pictures put on so everybody knows who everybody was!
- Martin Q. Blank: A special torture!”
Audrey Kissel - Arlene
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

“I'll use music as fuel, you know? Not like as inspiration but as fuel like if I need to get into a certain mindset I know there's certain songs that I can turn on that'll just... that's the gas and that'll get me right where I need to go. Or if I need to get out of a certain state put on this song or that song and it just propels you.”
John Cusack - Rob Gordon

“- Martin Q. Blank: I'm a professional killer.
- Paul Spericki: Do you have to do postgraduate work for that?”
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank
Jeremy Piven - Paul Spericki

“Truth is for suckers, Johnny Boy.”
John Cusack - Craig Schwartz

“- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Then I'll have to get a dishwasher.
- Mayor John Pappas: You don't have to wash them, just throw 'em out after you finish eating. It's on me. Get a life!
- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: I've got yours; it's quite enough.”
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
Al Pacino - Mayor John Pappas

“- Pete Van Heuten: Where are we?
- Charlie Arglist: We're in heaven, Pete.
- Pete Van Heuten: Oh... They got pancakes?”

Oliver Platt - Pete Van Heuten
John Cusack - Charlie Arglist