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" It doesn't matter to me what the genre is. "
Steve Buscemi
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" I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct. "
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" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "
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