What Happened to John Cusack?
It’s a complicated story with a few theories
I developed a man-crush on John Cusack in my early 20s ever since my brother Michael L Butler and I watched him play Gib in The Sure Thing.
My crush grew watching him in Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer. Cusack was quirky, funny, and relatable. He was the guy who struggles to get the girl and had a way of delivering his lines and not just saying them.
He killed it with these lines:
“It’s not easy getting rides. Do you know what I mean? I mean most people are really afraid to pick up hitchhikers. I mean you never know who you might pick up. I mean I could be some crazed slime ball. I mean, a real deranged, violent psycho. Do you know what I mean? I mean a guy who would rip out your heart and eat it just for pleasure.”
— Walter Gibson, The Sure Thing
“Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?”
— Rob, High Fidelity
“I don’t know. I’ve thought about this quite a bit, sir, and I would have to say considering what’s waiting out there for me… I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or process or buy anything sold…
