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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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Steve Buscemi
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
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