When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.

Quote by John Cusack

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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...

There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no...

There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no...

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...

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

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.

Art is spiritual.

Art is spiritual.

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...

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...

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

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

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and...

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and...

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be...

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be...

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed...

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed...

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....

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...

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 guess maybe I'm idealistic.

I guess maybe I'm idealistic.

The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera...

The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera...

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself...

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself...

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.