John Cusack Quotes

Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes into the picture, I have to walk in the other direction. These people are sociopaths.

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.

There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists.

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself.

I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

I think my biggest problem was, as a celebrity on a TV show, you get an inflated ego and you think you're the center of the universe.

You know, I Google search my own name because I'm so self-obsessed!

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

In New York, everybody is their own celebrity, so they're not so interested in other people.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

People are more interested in being visible than they are in loving other people.