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" I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing. "
Steve Buscemi
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" I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct. "
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" 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. "
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" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "
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" To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it's something that's going to detract from the film. So often when I watch films, the score is what really bothers me. "
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" With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system. "
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" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "
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" There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor. "
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" I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. "
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" The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. "
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" When I was doing stand-up, I was about twenty, and I really think that that's a little too young. I didn't have a whole lot of life experience to draw on. "
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" The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is. "
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" Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. "
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" By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had. "
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" Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to watch whatever magic special was on as a kid, but then, it's not that I lost interest, but to be a magician, you really, it's really hard work. Learning lines is hard enough; learning sleight of hand, that's real practice. "
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" I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. "
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" 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. "
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" Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. "
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" It doesn't matter to me what the genre is. "
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" I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "
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" 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. "
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" My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. "
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