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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing. "

" Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low. "

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

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

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

" I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece. "

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