Despite living in the shadow of her superstar younger brother, John, actress Joan Cusack carved out a... (Learn more)
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"For years the line on Cusack has been: Why isn't she getting better roles? 'A lot of it has to do with [the fact] there are way more different character roles for men than there are for women. With women, it's usually you're the babe or you're the supportive friend [who's] sort of brassy and obnoxious, cracking jokes. I'm not the babe.'" - from "Joan of Spark" by Lewis Beale in the Daily News, Sept. 16, 1997
"I'm not at Joanie's level as an actor." - brother, John Cusack quoted in The New York Times, Sept. 14, 1997
"Watching Joan is like seeing a pot on the stove. There are all sorts of little bubbles and then bang, it's at full boil." - playwright, Cindy Lou Johnson to The New York Times, Feb. 5, 1989
Some sources list Ms. Cusack's birthdate as Nov. 11, 1962.
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