Steve Buscemi Quotes
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I love working with Sally Field, and Steve Buscemi is one of the most giving, talented actors I've ever worked with.
— Mekhi Phifer
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
— Steve Buscemi
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.
— Steve Buscemi
The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.
— 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
I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.
— Steve Buscemi
It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.
— 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 my teeth,'
— Steve Buscemi
Charlotte wondered if she would have recognized the crazy much earlier if he looked more like Steve Buscemi then Mr. Medieval Hotness.
— Shannon Hale
When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.
— Steve Buscemi
I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.
— Steve Buscemi
Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
— Steve Buscemi
All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.
— 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
My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
— 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 the guy that ignores you.
— Steve Buscemi
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
— 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 it, 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
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.
— Steve Buscemi
I can't relate to 99% of humanity.
— Steve Buscemi
I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.
— Steve Buscemi
I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
— Steve Buscemi
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
Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
— Steve Buscemi
To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story.
— Steve Buscemi
I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.
— Steve Buscemi
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
— Steve Buscemi
I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.
— Steve Buscemi
Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.
— Steve Buscemi
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 a career path.
— Steve Buscemi
I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
— Steve Buscemi
I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.
— Steve Buscemi
The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
— Steve Buscemi
I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.
— 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 made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.
— Steve Buscemi
Usually, I only get to work a few weeks on a movie, or I often don't make it to the end of the movie because I'm disposed of.
— 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
Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
— 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
I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
— Steve Buscemi
The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
— Steve Buscemi
I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
— Steve Buscemi
