Steve Buscemi Quotes

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

Real, Training, Theatre

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.
Steve Buscemi

Story, Hear, Share

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

Through, Start, Write

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
Steve Buscemi

Attitude, Him, Serious

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
Steve Buscemi

Hard, Show, Days

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

Loved, George, Martin

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

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
Steve Buscemi

Movies, Serious, Able

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
Steve Buscemi

Once, Situation, Freaked

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

Friends, Acting, Knowing

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

Few, While, Straight

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.
Steve Buscemi

Bad, Writing, Story

It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.
Steve Buscemi

Good, Long, Matter

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

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

Play, Try, Matter

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.
Steve Buscemi

School, Acting, Year

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

Means, Favorite, Sounds

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
Steve Buscemi

Hope, Greatest, Comedian

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

Actor, Gave, Director

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

Movie, Role, Parting

The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
Steve Buscemi

Care, Canada, Location

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Steve Buscemi

Show, Films, Prison

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

Life, Father, Parents

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.
Steve Buscemi

Everyone, Making, Vision

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.
Steve Buscemi

Forget, Talk, Key

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 13, 1957

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