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" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously. "

" 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 like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. "

" 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. "

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

" Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. "

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

" 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. "

" The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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