John Cusack Net Worth

John Cusack's Quotes

• I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.
• [on celebrity] I have a healthy fear of it. I'm not into the celebrity culture aspect of being an artist. To me it represents extinction. The more people know about you, the less they want to try to figure out what you have to say in your movies, and the less credibility you have. To me it seems: Go do your thing, then get out. That's the best way to do it. (January 14, 2004)
• Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers! (January 14, 2004)
• I won't call myself a child actor because that sounds psychotic.
• I'm aware of the affection those characters inspired. I feel close to Lloyd in Say Anything... (1989). He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd. Of course, now it's all gone. Now I'm just bitter.

Interesting Facts about John Cusack

1. Brother of Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack, Susie Cusack and Bill Cusack. Son of Dick Cusack (actor, documentary filmmaker) and Nancy Cusack (teacher).
2. Last name is pronounced Q-zack.
3. Has a production company called New Crime Productions (that produced Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and The Jack Bull (1999) among various stage productions) which he founded with two of his high school buddies Steve Pink & D.V. DeVincentis.
4. Education: Piven Theatre Workshop (Evanston, Illinois), managed by the parents of actor Jeremy Piven. One semester at New York University.
5. Attended and graduated from Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois (1980).
6. Turned down the role of David Murphy in Indecent Proposal (1993), which went to Woody Harrelson.
7. Turned down the role of Fred Haise in Apollo 13 (1995), which went to Bill Paxton.
8. Close friends with actor Jeremy Piven. They have done 10 movies together: One Crazy Summer (1986), Elvis Stories (1989), Say Anything... (1989), The Player (1992), Floundering (1994), The Grifters (1990), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Serendipity (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003).
9. Is the product of a passionately liberal Irish Catholic family, visited the radical Berrigan brothers when he was growing up, and, like them, his mother still gets arrested for her anti-militarism and pro-human rights protests.
10. On free time, he likes to go "Helicopter Snowboarding" and kickboxing with stunt coordinator Benny Urquidez. Has a black belt in Ukidokan.
11. Tested for the role of Madmartigan in Willow (1988) but lost to Val Kilmer.
12. Is the subject of the song "Honorable Mention" by the rock band Fall Out Boy.
13. The novel, "Love in the Time of Cholera", by author Gabriel García Márquez, is prominently referenced in two John Cusack movies (High Fidelity (2000) and Serendipity (2001)).
14. Sister Joan Cusack appeared in 10 of his movies:Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything... (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Martian Child (2007) and War, Inc. (2008).
15. Was originally set to play Walter Eberhart in The Stepford Wives (2004). Due to conflicts, he had to drop out and the role went to Matthew Broderick.
16. Was once roommates with Jeremy Piven.
17. Attended a theatre school in Chicago with sisters Joan Cusack and Ann Cusack. The theatre school was managed by the parents of his best friend, Jeremy Piven.
18. Is Irish-American. The name Cusack is not Slavic as many may believe. It is a Norman name, brought to Ireland when the Normans invaded in 1169. "Cussac" is a city in South Central France.
19. Ranked #15 on Tropopkin magazine's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100].
20. Some kind of reference to his favorite bands (usually The Clash, The Ramones or The Specials) makes at least one appearance in most of his films. Most of the time, he wears a T-shirt of one of the bands (Say Anything... (1989), High Fidelity (2000), Must Love Dogs (2005), etc), but sometimes (Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)) he works in a poster of one of the bands. These bands are typically in the soundtracks to his New Criminal's productions, as well.