Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack is an American actress. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama Working Girland the romantic comedy In & Outas well as one Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the latter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth11 October 1962
CountryUnited States of America
crazy thinking people
If you're in this business, like any high-stakes business, the highs and lows can make you a manic-depressive person, if you weren't that way to start with. 'Cause it's just so crazy on your psyche. A lot of it has to do with people thinking they're greater than someone else.
kids thinking views
Because I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something kids do. You have to go through that idealistic phase with your parents, but at a certain point, you need to see people as just people.
thinking trying important
You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.
mean thinking interesting
I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics.
thinking people luck
I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.
meaningful fun thinking
I think it's fun to have work that you can relate to, that you can feel like is meaningful.
rap thinking america
I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.
character thinking play
I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.
sports kids thinking
Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.
fun thinking laughing
I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.
thinking together matter
The fact of the matter is, if you have to have a process, I think, to figure out how to make everything work together, you just don't get that. But maybe there's a way to do it.
believe thinking might
I think that everything's hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.
catherine director early fun keener late thirties
Well, we're all actresses. We've got that going. We're all gals in our late thirties and early forties, and Frances McDormand and Catherine Keener have kids, and the director has kids, so we all have that, you know, and then everyone's kind of their own kind of person. It was fun for me to be around other actresses that were interesting, because I don't get that.
dad decision funny hard humor influenced irish life man sure taught wit
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.