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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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" 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. "

Steve Buscemi

New

New York

Character

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. "

" 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.' "

Steve Buscemi

Young

Doing

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Steve Buscemi

Doing

Really

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

Steve Buscemi

Situation

People

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. "

" To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story. "

Steve Buscemi

Matter

Story

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

Steve Buscemi

Women

Men

" 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. "

Steve Buscemi

Know

Review

" It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny. "

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