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John Cusack

It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable.

John Cusack

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John Cusack is comparing embarrassing high school photos to the movies he has made, implying that his films capture moments he'd rather forget just like awkward pictures. Unlike a single photo, his entire body of work is publicly shown repeatedly on television, making those memories impossible to hide.

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