Steve Buscemi (Steven Vincent Buscemi) Quotes

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

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• First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.

  

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• We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.

  

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• You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

  

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• The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

  

  Steve Buscemi
  • Responsibility
  • Actor
  • Director