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

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

" I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path. "

" 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. "

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

" I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure. "

" It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good. "

" My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Shooting in sequence, I think it intensifies everybody's relationship, the crew, the actors. You have to be very focused, and shooting at night is a challenge because you get tired. I think it requires a special kind of concentration, but it's also exhilarating. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. "

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

" 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.' "