Steve Buscemi

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equ

— Steve Buscemi

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

— Steve Buscemi

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

— Steve Buscemi

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

— Steve Buscemi

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

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

— Steve Buscemi

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

— Steve Buscemi

I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix…

— Steve Buscemi

I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of…

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

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I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my…

— Steve Buscemi

“There’s something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don’t know what the rules are, what you can and can’t…

— Steve Buscemi

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done…

— Steve Buscemi

What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's…

— Steve Buscemi

I guess I don't think about age too much. I've always felt older than I really am anyway. I'm not dreading getting…

— Steve Buscemi

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I…

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Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much…

— Steve Buscemi

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…

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you…

— Steve Buscemi

Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to…

— Steve Buscemi

We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all…

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What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of…

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I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it…

— Steve Buscemi

I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out - normal kid…

— Steve Buscemi

I think distribution has become a lot harder. With the whole explosion of digital video, there's just a lot more people making…

— Steve Buscemi

When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or…

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

— Steve Buscemi

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

— Steve Buscemi

I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide…

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

— Steve Buscemi

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

— Steve Buscemi