"Don't think I've not had my share of problems. I probably just had a way of keeping them quieter. I was always very wary that the celebrity culture had anything to do with acumen or status scenarios. I thought if I wanted to be a real artist, that's got kind of nothing to do with being out in front of the paparazzi or being in all the hip "in" places. I just didn't have much respect for that. Once you become that kind of creature out there, there's nowhere to go but down."
-- John Cusack, to the Hollywood Reporter