"I was never interested in being an overly public person." — John Cusack

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

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

The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera would be focused on the second tower when the plane hit. It was not only the murder, but the perpetual image of the horror that permeated into people's consciousness.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.