John Cusack on John Cusack

TF speaks exclusively to the Hollywood everyman

By Total FilmJun 2nd 2011
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You’ve always felt like this. Even when you were making teen flicks like The Sure Thing and Say Anything, you distanced yourself from the Brat Pack. You wanted longevity, right?

I think I was lucky because I worked with Rob Reiner and Cameron Crowe but… I had heroes in film and I realised I had a long way to go if I was to be considered good, let alone great.

I wasn’t gonna get that by appearing in some charming, self-consciously hip, light-comedy teen movie; that wasn’t making me Al Pacino in The Godfather.

I strove for that. I just never bought the hype, I guess. I knew I hadn’t really done anything.

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