Steve Buscemi Quotes

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Steve Buscemi

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 13, 1957

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

Steve Buscemi

My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles.

Steve Buscemi

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

Steve Buscemi

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.

Steve Buscemi

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

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.

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 a whole lot of life experience to draw on.

Steve Buscemi

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

I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

Steve Buscemi

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

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 way.

Steve Buscemi

It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.

Steve Buscemi

I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.

Steve Buscemi

Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it.

Steve Buscemi

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

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

Steve Buscemi