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I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

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
Brooklyn
New York
Steven Vincent Buscemi
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Terrible
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Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural it can give away all of it.
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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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The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
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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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Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.
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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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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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They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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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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My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
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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 never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
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I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
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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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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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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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There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.
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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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Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.
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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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