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

Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Firefighter
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Director
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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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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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I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.
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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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Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
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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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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.
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I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
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I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.
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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.
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Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.
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I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
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