John Cusack
Related I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston. DOUGLAS WOOD , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC SAMMY CAHN I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I... I. KING JORDAN ROBERT STROMBERG I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very spo... CHAD HARBACH AUBREY PEEPLES When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contac... J. M. G. LE CLEZIO TRACY LETTS Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. I... CHRISTIAN SIRIANO I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play &... GRETCHEN CARLSON I guess I never grew up. I was still reading kids' books in high school and college. I was alway... MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN ODETTE ANNABLE E. L. KONIGSBURG Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right. , QUOTED IN ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. , IN _A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY_ MARLEE MATLIN I was born in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1948 but grew up in a black neighborhood. During elem... LAURENCE YEP The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a... OSCAR ISAAC TWINKLE KHANNA CRAIG GROESCHEL HERSCHEL WALKER GAVIN HOOD I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom... SKYLAR ASTIN I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a... ABIGAIL WASHBURN DWYANE WADE I grew up in Cleveland and started doing plays in high school. And I went to the University of Illin... ALAN RUCK When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I... MARY MACLANE RICK ATKINSON MAISIE WILLIAMS I actually graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts. I think John Cusack did as well. CECILY STRONG My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in... OLIVIA COOKE Well, I was born in Miami, and then I lived for a long time in Tallahassee, and before that, Winter ... CHERYL HINES My mum died of leukemia when I was in high school - she lost her life at 40. It was very hard, and I... CORY HARDRICT When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn'... FAITH FORD PETER FALK Right before I graduated from the national theatre school, I got the part of Roxie Hart in 'Chic... BIRGITTE HJORT SORENSEN When I was in high school, I wasn't a troublemaker. I didn't get in fights. I was a good stu... THOMAS MCDONELL JOHN BARROWMAN I grew up in a utopia, I did. California when I was a child was a child's paradise, I was healthy, w... KIM STANLEY ROBINSON VERNE TROYER The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was alw... JUSTIN VERNON KELLY PRESTON TRACY LETTS She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING KEITH HARING JASON MRAZ My plan was I just knew, I think the first time I was in a high school play, and I liked the feeling... DAVID HEDISON ANGELA BASSETT KATIE MCGRATH When I was little, we moved around a lot, actually. In second grade, I think I went to three differe... EMILY KINNEY JOHN MAYER When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwo... SAFFRON BURROWS Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHRISTINE TEIGEN JEFF DUNHAM ROBERT STERNBERG CARRIE PRESTON BETH HENLEY I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, ... IAN DOESCHER I've always had a booty even when I was a baby, and when I was in high school and was skinny, I ... COCO AUSTIN MANDY MOORE I had my first screen-acting class in March 2015, and I was, like, 18, turning 19, so it's a ris... KATHERINE LANGFORD My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakesp... MATT ROSS When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams. ALAN JACKSON WILLIAM GIBSON MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM PAIGE VANZANT NICOLE ANDERSON I'm a first - I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croa... OTTESSA MOSHFEGH I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at t... MANDY PATINKIN MARK FEUERSTEIN I'm the first to admit I've had a sheltered life. I grew up in the country and went to a boa... ADAM RICKITT TAMMARA WEBBER 'McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-tim... DUSTIN CLARE FRANCINE RIVERS I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was... JANE LYNCH In 1990, I was in 'The Three Sisters' at the Royal Court and won the Clarence Derwent award ... LESLEY MANVILLE I feel like I hadn't given that many classic films, like, a really good chance. I watched 'C... MIRANDA COSGROVE As a child, I grew up the son of German immigrant parents, so I grew up being teased and called '... PETER MORGAN I had to do a history project with a friend who was in the choir and we decided to meet up in the mu... ANTONIO WITHERSPOON I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' a... BRANDON FLOWERS When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, an... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI LONNY PRICE EDWARD R. MURROW DAVID DASTMALCHIAN I grew up an only child, and I always felt as if I didn't fit in. In middle school, in grammar s... SHANICE WILLIAMS I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my fath... ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ CHRIS COLFER The first time I had a baked potato, I was eight years old at a friend's house. Most white kids ... SCOTT FUJITA MIKE BIRBIGLIA I actually wanted to be a police officer like my dad for the longest time, up until my sophomore yea... CHAD LINDBERG ZUBIN MEHTA I believe in my music. RALPH STANLEY CHAD KROEGER I believe in forgiveness. PAM BONDI I believe in my writing. BARRY MANILOW I believe in rituals. CHARLES SIMONYI JEFFREY GITOMER
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CYRIL CUSACK Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces. CYRIL CUSACK I was rather a fat little boy. CYRIL CUSACK I love the theatre and theatre people. CYRIL CUSACK I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing. CYRIL CUSACK Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world. CYRIL CUSACK Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better p... CYRIL CUSACK In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically. CYRIL CUSACK I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days. CYRIL CUSACK I am basically a religious man. CYRIL CUSACK I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre. CYRIL CUSACK Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or Fr... CYRIL CUSACK The actor has a constant problem of personal identity. CYRIL CUSACK One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors. CYRIL CUSACK JOAN CUSACK If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. CYRIL CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK If you don't plant something, nature will and nature is messy. GED CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK JOAN CUSACK It is possible to improve memory at any age. It's work, but it's pleasant work. SANDRA CUSACK I believe hurling is the best of us, one of the greatest and most beautiful expressions of what we c... DóNAL ÓG CUSACK JOHN OLIVER JOHN BERGER JOHN WYCLIFFE JOHN ROBERTS Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, yo... JOHN NOBLE DAYMOND JOHN Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Th... JOHN ELWAY JOHN TYLER JOHN LENNON JOHN MORTIMER No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. JOHN JAY JOHN LOCKE JOHN MAYER JOHN LEWIS JOHN LEWIS JOHN CALVIN JOHN MADDEN JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN CLAYTON JOHN BURROUGHS JOHN MADDEN ELTON JOHN JOHN LEGEND I have learned in fashion to be a little savage. JOHN FAIRCHILD JOHN PRESCOTT My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment. JOHN TAVENER JOHN BATTELLE JOHN MUIR Inherent in architecture, it involves everything in life so that there is absolutely no end to it. B... JOHN LAUTNER JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE JOHN WAYNE You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing. JOHN ELWAY I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything ... JOHN ELWAY JOHN WOODEN JOHN LENNON JOHN LITHGOW Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. JOHN PORTMAN JOHN DONNE JOHN MCCARTHY JOHN MALKOVICH I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and fro... JOHN NEGROPONTE JOHN LUKACS JOHN WOODEN JOHN MILTON JOHN GLENN JOHN HEYWOOD JOHN HEYWOOD JOHN HEYWOOD JOHN HEYWOOD JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CIARDI JOHN CENA JOHN CHEEVER Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. JOHN WEBSTER JOHN SELDEN JOHN MAYER JOHN HEYWOOD You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions. JOHN ENGLER I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the ... JOHN MCGAHERN The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama departme... JOHN RATZENBERGER He who laughs most, learns best. JOHN CLEESE Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, w... JOHN BOYEGA JOHN MADDEN JOHN WOODEN JOHN WOODEN JOHN WOODEN JOHN WOODEN
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