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Joan Cusack
American
Actress
Born:
Oct 11
,
1962
Life
Love
Me
Think
Work
You
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As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential.
Joan Cusack
Work
Good
Character
You
Better
Side
Kid
Out
Bad
Clarity
See
Able
About
Parent
Potential
Shape
Make
Learn
How
Child
Human
Want
Human Beings
Them
Fulfill
Your
Your Child
Figure
Good Character
Who
Beings
I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.
Joan Cusack
Life
Parenting
Intelligence
World
Seriously
Enjoy Life
Healthy
Enjoy
Incredibly
Kids
Able
Emotional
Take
Emotional Intelligence
Develop
Boy
Normal
Want
Them
Skills
Help
Navigate
Lucky
Two
I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.
Joan Cusack
Best
Big
Sidekick
Those
Best Friend
Never
Knew
Always
Friend
Get
Roles
Quirky
Babe
Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
Joan Cusack
Big
Boy
Lot
Chicago
Hockey
Skating
Figure
Figure Skating
Play
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.
Joan Cusack
Life
You
Balance
Sports
Think
Everything
Kids
Find
Both
Know
Academics
Huge
Trying
Social
Social Life
Right
I love Chicago. It's such a great town, and it's got great culture and great history, and it's not as extreme as LA or New York, and it's just- it's hard for me for work, because I don't live and work in the same place and that's tough. But I'm- I love it.
Joan Cusack
Work
Love
Great
Me
History
Culture
Tough
Live
Extreme
New
Town
Because
Got
La
Chicago
York
Same
Just
New York
Place
Hard
You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.
Joan Cusack
Teacher
Mom
You
Know
Math
Loved
It's incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.
Joan Cusack
Made
Difficult
Incredibly
Get
Movie
It was fun; you know, at this point in my life it's like, I want to do stuff that's meaningful.
Joan Cusack
Life
You
My Life
Point
Stuff
Like
Know
Want
Meaningful
Fun
Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them.
Joan Cusack
Police
Country
Down
Corners
Had
No-One
Towers
Look
Until
Although
Because
Bulgaria
Still
Were
Been
Just
Where
Them
Communist
Fascinating
Street
Recently
Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.
Joan Cusack
Me
Those
Drawn
Kind
Find
More
Parts
Because
Maybe
Interesting
Mean
Them
Meaningful
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.
Joan Cusack
Crazy
You
Business
People
Cause
Think
Thinking
Else
Way
Someone
Highs
Like
Make
Greater
Were
Lot
Than
Person
Any
Psyche
Just
Your
Lows
Start
A relationship is hard in and of itself. And having kids is really hard work, but I think it's really meaningful, as is a relationship. But they all take work.
Joan Cusack
Work
Hard Work
Relationship
Think
Kids
Having
Take
Itself
Meaningful
Really
Hard
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.
Joan Cusack
Few
Doors
Live
Say
Pretty
Fired
Soon
Opened
Over
Over It
Terrible
Dealt
Roles
Roll
Blow
Movie
Movie Roles
Away
Saturday
Right
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live
Right Away
Started
Night
If you do television, and it's great, it's the best job there is. Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. I love that it's like theater too, and the audience, and it's so short, like twenty minutes... It's like a Haiku or something.
Joan Cusack
Work
Love
Best
Great
You
Better
Opportunity
Job
Every
Too
Television
Out
Minutes
Something
Week
Like
Make
Another
Audience
How
Short
Theater
Really
Figure
Twenty
My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.
Joan Cusack
Character
Mother
Too Much
Will
Job
Face
First
Too
Secondary
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Though
Kids
Cartoon
Cartoon Character
See
Voice
Simply
First Job
Box
Understand
Always
Am
Surprised
Hear
Gets
Video
Aside
Much
Now
Actress
Ever
Career
Set
In L.A., it's easy to get caught up in what you look like or how much money you have, and those aren't values I want my kids to adopt.
Joan Cusack
You
Money
Values
Those
Kids
Easy
Adopt
Like
Look
How
Caught
How Much
How Much Money
Up
Get
Want
Much
I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.
Joan Cusack
Character
Me
Think
Out
Self-Conscious
Come
Because
Shell
Acting
Helped
Play
I want my kids to experience passion. I want them to see that I have things I feel passionate about because it is such a great feeling to really love something.
Joan Cusack
Love
Great
Experience
Passion
Feeling
Great Feeling
Kids
See
About
Something
Feel
Because
Passionate
Want
Them
Really
Things
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