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Inspirational Quotes by Steve Buscemi
- Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.
- I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.
- I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
- I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
- 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 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.
- I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
- 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.
- Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.
- I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.
- It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.
- It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.
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- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
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