John Cusack movie quotes

View Quote "I guess you could say I went west. You know -- the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner Party..."

View Quote "When I left, I joined the army, and when I took the service exam my psych profile fit a certain... moral flexibility would be the only way to describe it... and I was loaned out to a CIA-sponsored program, and we sort of found each other. That's how it works."

View Quote "You can never go home again, Oatman... but I guess you can shop there." [Inside the convenience store that has taken the place of his childhood home.]

View Quote [Before throwing the ashtray through the window, thereby letting the room explode] On the shiver scale, I give the Dolphin Hotel... Ten skulls.

View Quote It's not that what I'm seeing is not real. It just ain't as real as it seems.

View Quote It does have the vague air of menace.

View Quote I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

View Quote I am looking for a "dare to be great" situation.

View Quote She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.

View Quote Jonathan: This is the ultimate blend to drink. How'd you find this place?
Sara: I first came in because of the name: Serendipity. It's one of my favorite words.
Jonathan: It is? Why?
Sara: It's such a nice sounding word for what it means: a fortunate accident.

View Quote Dean: I'm telling you right now British women do not age well. Eight years ago she was a luscious treat, you know, she probably looked like, you know, Baby Spice, now she could look like...
Jonathan: Old Spice.

View Quote Dean: You're the shit!
[man next to him on plane looks over at him thinking he's talking to him]
Jonathan: [to the guy] That would be me, the shit.

View Quote Do you see what a metaphysical can of worms this portal is?

View Quote You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!

View Quote Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

View Quote Well, who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

View Quote Myra Langtry: I'm Roy's friend.
Lilly Dillon: Yes. I imagine you're lots of people's friend.
Myra Langtry: [taking a good look at Lilly] Oh, of course, now that I see you in the light, you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother.
Lilly Dillon: Aren't we all?
Roy Dillon: Play nice. Don't fight.

View Quote Roy Dillon: Maybe I like it where I am.
Myra Langtry: Well, maybe I don't! I had ten good years with Cole, and I want them back! I gotta have a partner! I looked and I looked and believe me, brother, I kissed a lot of **** frogs, and you're my prince!

View Quote Look, we've already kicked the shit out of this place. What are we supposed to do, turn our backs on all the entrepreneurial possibilities? Business is a uniquely human response to a moral or cosmic crisis. Whether it's a tsunami or a sustained aerial bombardment, there's the same urgent call for urban renewal.

View Quote Did you know that the word "person" comes from the Latin word "persona" which means mask? So maybe being human means we invite spectators to ponder what lies behind. Each of us would be composed of a variety of masks. And if we can see behind the mask, we would get a burst of clarity, and if that flame was bright enough, that's when we fall in love. What is your opinion on these divine matters?

View Quote Isn't it a little late to be worrying about international conventions? Is nerve gas any worse than getting your head blown off by a precision-guided laser missile? Frankly, it's a nuance that's lost on me.

View Quote [as Los Angeles goes through a 10.9 earthquake; he rushes into his wife's house and it's about to collapse] GET IN THE **** CAR!

View Quote [after hearing the news reports of the mass suicide] Oh God, I'm a dead man... I'm a dead man... I'M A DEAD MAN!!

View Quote [reacting to Kate after she reiterates the California Governor's statement that everything is safe] When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!

View Quote [as the team prepares for a team photo] Come on, guys. Pretend it's Commy's wake. [team laughs and the picture's taken]

View Quote 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. Sometimes, when you feel right, there's a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it's going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like you're going to live forever.