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" All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film. "

Steve Buscemi

People

Vision

Ideas

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Steve Buscemi

Actor

Responsibility

" I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. "

" I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin. "

" My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig. "

Steve Buscemi

Know

Review

" My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. "

" Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it. "

" I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path. "

" I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. "

" I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. "

" Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. "

" I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play. "

" To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story. "

Steve Buscemi

Matter

Story

" I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out - normal kid stuff. But then I'd hear my mother talking about it to her relatives, marveling at it as if it was something unique. And it made me realize, 'Oh, maybe I do have a talent for something.' "

Steve Buscemi

Young

Doing

" All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. "

" I'm not so in a rush to direct just anything because I'm lucky that I can make a living so far as an actor and not have to worry about that as a director. And so I can be a little more choosy in things I direct. "

" I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it. "

" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "

" I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll take every suggestion, but I want there to be some room for actors to grow. "

" My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles. "

" I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. "

Steve Buscemi

Situation

People

" In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. "

" Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days. "

" What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous. "

" I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with. "

" I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years. "

" The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is. "