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
nice tv-shows parent
It's nice to be able to work; I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you're not there you can't do any of it.
mean impact parent
I can't imagine being a single parent or a single parent that doesn't have a lot of money. That's a big, huge impact on your life and your dynamic and everything - I mean, that's huge. It affects how much you have a break from just concentrating on just one other person in your life. It becomes so myopic that way, and more intense, probably.
rap thinking america
I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.
meaningful fun thinking
I think it's fun to have work that you can relate to, that you can feel like is meaningful.
laughing world needs
We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.
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.
smart good-woman friendly
A lot of women get out of the business because it's so not family-friendly. And so women that could be in there making good women-roles don't do it, 'cause they're smart and get out.
friendship play four
I play- it's kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of what's their friendship like, and what's their life like and so I just play one of the four friends.
house underwear sometimes
Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.
bad country founded good obviously
I mean, the country was founded on free enterprise. There's good things about it, and there's obviously bad things about it.
huge interested job mum natural politics
Mum has always been a huge anti-war activist. She would go off to protest and get arrested. I have her passion, but it is not for politics. I am much more interested in psychology. It's more my job and my natural inclination.
business crazy greater highs lows people
I think 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.
amount avoiding change enjoyable family films life men outside reasonable stay
I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.
blow dealt few opened roles roll terrible
It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that a few doors opened right away. Movie roles started to roll in, and pretty soon, I was over it.