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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 ... ?

Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 13
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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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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 blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.
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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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I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
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I can't relate to 99% of humanity.
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My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
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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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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 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 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 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 like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
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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 never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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