If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

Quote by John Cusack

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Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.

I guess maybe I'm idealistic.

I guess maybe I'm idealistic.

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught...

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven...

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven...

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death....

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death....

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful....

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful....

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

Art is spiritual.

Art is spiritual.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every...

People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every...

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face...

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face...

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me...

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me...

Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with...

Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with...

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch...

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...