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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Steve Buscemi

Lucky

I Can

Worry

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

" 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

" I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. "

" I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life. "

" 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. "

" The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party. "

Steve Buscemi

Joy

Sharing

" I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct. "

" I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. "

" It's not like I'm looking for things that I can direct that I can also act in, but when it's right, I feel like the actor side of me wants to have that opportunity. "

Steve Buscemi

I Can

Opportunity

" It doesn't matter to me what the genre is. "

Steve Buscemi

Genre

Matter

" I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "

Steve Buscemi

Soup

Responsibility

" I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

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

" When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed. "

Steve Buscemi

Cast

Always

" 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. "

" I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. "

Steve Buscemi

Doing

Really

" I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. "

" I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted. "

" Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. "

Steve Buscemi

Loved

Him

" I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. "

" When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. "

" Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends. "

Steve Buscemi

Women

Men

" The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "

Steve Buscemi

Actor

Responsibility

" I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. "

" I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York. "

" I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him. "

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

" It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny. "

" I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "