Steve Buscemi (Steven Vincent Buscemi) Quotes

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

Steve Buscemi

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• I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

  

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  • New York
  • Kansas City