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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
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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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I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
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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 guess I don't think about age too much. I've always felt older than I really am anyway. I'm not dreading getting older. I don't miss the anxiety of being younger and not knowing what you want or where you’re going.
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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 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 real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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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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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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Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: OK, what if you tried this? or What would happen if ... ?
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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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They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.
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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'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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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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