Feel Quotes

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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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

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

Steve Buscemi

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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.

Steve Buscemi

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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.

Steve Buscemi

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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.

Steve Buscemi

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I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

Steve Buscemi

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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.

Steve Buscemi

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I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.

Steve Buscemi

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There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Steve Buscemi

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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

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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.

Steve Buscemi

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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

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