High Fives for John

by Dan Eaton
THE POST

In High Fidelity, Rob (Cusack) and his record store co-workers obsessively make top five lists about everything from "Top five songs about setting things on fire" to "Top five things you don't want a dentist to tell you." And so, Play now offers some Cusack-themed top fives list of our own.

John Juan - Top Five Cusack Co-Stars

1. Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie, Pushing Tin, 1999

2. Ione Skye, Say Anything, 1989

3. Minnie Driver, Grosse Pointe Blank, 1997

4. Demi Moore, One Crazy Summer, 1986

5. Annette Bening and Angelica Huston, The Grifters, 1990

(As for the definitive answer, when asked which former co-star he would like to do a sex scene with in the future, he offered a simple reply: all of them. At once. Who could blame him?)

Everything I ever needed to know I learned from John Cusack - Top Five Lesson-Teaching Cusack Quotes

1. Aspiration - "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed; buy anything sold or processed; or process anything sold, bought, or processed; or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that." (Say Anything)

2. Open-mindedness - "I killed the President of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?" (Grosse Pointe Blank)

3. Sharing - "I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen." (Say Anything)

4. Sacrifice - "I was sitting there in a god-damned rented tuxedo, and I realized finally and for the first time that I wanted to kill someone. I figured that since I loved you so much, I shouldn't see you again." (Grosse Pointe Blank)

5. Sympathy - "Gee, I'm sorry your mom blew up Ricky." (Better Off Dead)

Short but Sweet - Top Five Cusack Cameos

1. The Player, himself

2. Bob Roberts, cutting edge host

3. •Frasier, "Our Father Whose Art Ain't In Heaven," phone voice

4. Broadcast News, angry messenger

5. Roadside Prophets, serial eater

All in the Family - Top Five Obscure Performances by Cusack Relatives

1. Joan, sister, girl with Scoliosis brace in Sixteen Candles.

2. Ann, sister, Karen Foxworthy in The Jeff Foxworthy Show.

3. Bill, brother, Irving Thalberg in Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies.

4. Dick, father, Dr. Rubin in While You Were Sleeping.

5. Susie, sister, Nancy in ••Short Cuts••