Steve Buscemi Quotes

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• My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
• I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.
• All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.
• Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.
• Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
• Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.
• Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
• 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.
• I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.
• 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…
• I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
• I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
• I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
• I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.
• I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.
• I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.
• I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.
• I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
• I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
• I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

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