Joan Cusack Quotes - Page 2

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• I can't imagine being a single parent or a single parent that doesn't have a lot of money. That's a big, huge impact on your life and your dynamic and everything - I mean, that's huge. It affects how much you have a break from just concentrating on just one other person in your life. It becomes so myopic that way, and more intense, probably.

  Joan Cusack

  Mean, Impact, Parent

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• I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.

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  Rap, Thinking, America

  "RT Interview: Joan Cusack on War, Inc., the Unofficial Sequel to Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.

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• I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

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  Kids, Parenting, Emotional

  "Rt Interview: Joan Cusack On War, Inc., The Unofficial Sequel To Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.

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• I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

  Joan Cusack

  Dad, Nice, Silly

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• It was fun; you know, at this point in my life it's like, I want to do stuff that's meaningful.

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  Meaningful, Fun, Want

  "RT Interview: Joan Cusack on War, Inc., the Unofficial Sequel to Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.

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• Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

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  Meaningful, Interesting, Parent

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• A relationship is hard in and of itself. And having kids is really hard work, but I think it's really meaningful, as is a relationship. But they all take work.

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  Meaningful, Hard Work, Kids

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.

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  Friendship, Play, Four

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• Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

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  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.

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  Mom, Teacher, Math

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• In L.A., it's easy to get caught up in what you look like or how much money you have, and those aren't values I want my kids to adopt.

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  Kids, Looks, Want

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• I'm interested in acting roles that I want to do, that are meaningful to me in some way. I think, because my kids are still pretty young, if something is meaningful and it's a good little part that I could do or feel that I can have fun with, then I'm interested in it. I'd like to be able to do a TV show or something and really have a voice in it.

  Joan Cusack

  Meaningful, Fun, Kids

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.

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  Men, Needs, Avoiding Life

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• A lot of women get out of the business because it's so not family-friendly. And so women that could be in there making good women-roles don't do it, 'cause they're smart and get out.

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  Smart, Good Woman, Friendly

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• As a woman, you listen to more female singers, like guys listen to more rock bands. So in that way, they influence you because you're trying to create an identity; you look to others to model.

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  Rocks, Guy, Trying

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• If you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't that way to start with. 'Cause it's just so crazy on your psyche. A lot of it has to do with people thinking they're greater than someone else.

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  Crazy, Thinking, People

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• I tend to come from a more psychological - that's sort of my passion. I'm interested in the psychology of politics as well - and obviously I'm interested in what's going on in the world - but my passion is more the psychology of people.

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  Passion, People, Psychology

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• I think that a lot of women get out of the business because it's so not family-friendly. And so women that could be in there making good women-roles don't do it, 'cause they're smart and get out. But I think there is a consequence to that. I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.

  Joan Cusack

  Smart, Men, Thinking

  Source: film.avclub.com

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