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

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

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

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

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.
Steve Buscemi

With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system.
Steve Buscemi

In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene.
Steve Buscemi