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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.'
Steve Buscemi
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Steve Buscemi
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
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What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to p*ss off ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?
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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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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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I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
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I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
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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 have a dresser, who literally is a guy who makes sure the tie is right. It's a little bit of a process. I could probably do it by myself, but it would take me three times as long.
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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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I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.
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My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
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