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America's Sweethearts...and an odd-man-out


© Candice Livingston

John Cusack’s career has had its share of high notes. This Chicago-born actor played his share of underdogs and odd-men-out, with great success. This month, he hits the screen as anything but the underdog in America’s Sweethearts. And how could he be considered anything close to an odd-man-out when he stars opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julia Roberts as a movie star and the primary love interest of the new flick?

Some of Cusack’s past scores…

Better of Dead (Lane)

Lane: Sorry Johnny, I don't have a dime.
Johnny: Didn't ask for a dime. Two dollars.
Lane: My mom's not home. She had to take my brother to the hospital. My grandma dropped acid this morning, and she was really stressed out. She hijacked a busload full of... penguins. It's sort of a family crisis. Bye!

Lane: Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.


Say Anything (Lloyd)

Lloyd: One question: do you need someone or do you need me?
Diane: I need you.

Lloyd: She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.

Lloyd: What I really want to do with my life - what I want to do for a living - is I want to be with your daughter. I'm good at it.


Grosse Pointe Blank (Martin)

Martin: They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?"

Martin: Thousands of innocent people die every day. Detonate one rich guy's dog, and you're a marked man for life.

Mr. Newberry: What have you been doing with yourself?
Martin: Uh, professional killer.
Mr. Newberry: Good for you. Growth industry.


Con Air (Vince Larkin)

Vince Larkin: Are you with me or do you need me to draw it in crayon like usual?

Duncan Malloy: What's with dictionary-boy over here?
Vince Larkin: I believe thesaurus-boy would be more appropriate.


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Kelso)

John Kelso: It's like "Gone With the Wind" on mescaline… New York is BORING!

Jim Williams: So, which conversation shall we join?
John Kelso: The one least likely to involve gunfire.

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