Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to p*ss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did theater, I… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
