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…

- Joan Cusack

Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given…

- Joan Cusack

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 …

- Joan Cusack

It's important to being a healthy person. So while you're here on the earth, you might as well enjoy it. And it's hard to enjoy things when you're cr…

- Joan Cusack

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

You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in sup…

- Joan Cusack

I think it's fun to have work that you can relate to, that you can feel like is meaningful.

- Joan Cusack

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 a…

- Joan Cusack

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

- Joan Cusack