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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: 67
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
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I feel my life has more meaning because I am responsible for another life, although I don't have control over what Lucian - my son - is going to do. He's definitely going to carve his own way.
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Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.
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Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
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Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
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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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