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Press - 2005
For the family-minded Cusack, it's an 'ice' life
Joan Cusack is that rare actress who really does put her husband and children
before her career.
That's why she hardly ever works.
"In a perfect world, filmmaking would be more life-friendly," Cusack says. "I'm
grateful I can do little parts in something and come home and be with my kids."
Cusack, 41, found a good role in "Ice Princess," opening tomorrow. She plays the
mother of the title character (Michelle Trachtenberg), a high school senior who
has to decide between college and her figure-skating career.
"I liked 'Ice Princess' because it was filmed in Toronto, which is only an hour
away," says Cusack, who lives in Chicago with her lawyer husband, Richard Burke,
and their two sons, Dylan, 7, and Milo, 4. "And it has parenting themes, which I
love and can relate to.
"I'm very passionate about being a good parent. It's such a demanding job, an
active job, a 24/7 job."
In "Ice Princess," Cusack is a teacher and a single mother who describes herself
as "Mom Type A." Her primary focus is getting her daughter into Harvard, and
she's stunned to discover the girl might have another agenda.
"Joan is very good at playing characters a little offbeat and severe - like in
'The School of Rock,'" "Ice Princess" director Tim Fywell says. "But you always
warm to her, as you do to Joan herself."
"Being described as 'quirky' is okay," Cusack says. "There's some freedom when
they say, 'You're going to be the quirky one.' I'm not really a wacky person in
real life. I'm not the kind of entertainer who'd get up at a party and sing a
song."
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