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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I can’t imagine being a single parent, or a single parent that doesn’t have a lot of money. That’s a big, huge impact on your life and your dynamic. I am the kind of person that needs support, my heart goes out to those who are struggling to be mothers.

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• 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.

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• I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren’t being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.

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• I think there’s a million talented people out there, it’s just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.

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• You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.

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

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• Skating is big in Chicago. There’s a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

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• 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.

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• It’s nice to be able to work; I’d love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It’s hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you’re not there you can’t do any of it.

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• It’s incredibly, incredibly difficult to get a movie made.

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• It was fun; you know, at this point in my life it’s like, I want to do stuff that’s meaningful.

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• I think there’s nothing better than laughing in life, so that’s nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It’s ’cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that’s fine.

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• I think that everything’s hard now anyways, so you might as well do stuff that you love and believe in.

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• I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

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

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Joan Cusack (31)

Birth:	11th October, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Joan Cusack was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an American actress. She starred on the Showtime hit drama/comedy Shameless as Sheila Gallagher, a role for which she has received five consecutive Emmy Award nominations, winning for the first time in 2015. She is the sister of actress Ann and actor John Cusack. She studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her role in several films include: My Bodyguard, Sixteen Candles, The Allnighter, Working Girl (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress), My Blue Heaven, Nine Months, In & Out (Nominated-  Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress), Arlington Road, High Fidelity, Looney Tunes, Ice Princess, My Sister's Keeper, Welcome to Me, Freaks of Nature, Snatched, and Unicorn Store. Her role in television include: Saturday Night Live, What About Joan?, and Peep and the Big Wide World (TV series, only voice, Nominated- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program). She is married to attorney Richard Burke, President and CEO of Envoy Global, Inc. They have two sons: Dylan John and Miles.

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