Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Trees
Control
Feeling
Related Quotes:
" I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. "
Steve Buscemi
Think
Able
Serious
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Independent
Question
Beginning
" I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. "
Steve Buscemi
Then
Actor
Always
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Life
Young
Think
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Talk
Fun
Great
" They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. "
Steve Buscemi
Escaping
Prison
Show
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Family
Know
Out
" I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play. "
Steve Buscemi
Tried
Always
Healthy
" It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good. "
Steve Buscemi
Matter
Long
Much
" I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. "
Steve Buscemi
People
Rescue
Story
" 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
Me
" It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. "
Steve Buscemi
Senior Year
Acting
High School
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Visual
Talk
Key
" I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. "
Steve Buscemi
Soup
Responsibility
Me
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Nature
Experience
I Am
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Relationship
Tired
Challenge
" I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. "
Steve Buscemi
Been
Through
Acting
" All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. "
Steve Buscemi
See
Roles
Play
" I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. "
Steve Buscemi
Write
Plan
Never
" I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. "
Steve Buscemi
Writing
Structure
Story
" I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. "
Steve Buscemi
Situation
People
Me
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Lucky
I Can
Worry
" 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. "
Steve Buscemi
Special
Crazy
Time
" When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed. "
Steve Buscemi
Up
Cast
Always
" I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor. "
Steve Buscemi
Interesting
Complicated
Humor
" The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is. "
Steve Buscemi
Shoot
Now
Canada
" I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part. "
Steve Buscemi
Matter
Stuff
Size
" Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. "
Steve Buscemi
Me
Loved
Him
" I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously. "
Steve Buscemi
Characters
Choose
Think
" 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
Me
Review