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" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. "

" 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'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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "