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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
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Steve Buscemi
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
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I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.
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Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.
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Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?
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I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.
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The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
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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.'
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