Steve Buscemi Quotes
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All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.
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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 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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Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.
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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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They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.
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I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.
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Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.
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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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Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.
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What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.
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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 hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
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In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene.
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I think distribution has become a lot harder. With the whole explosion of digital video, there's just a lot more people making films. Distributors have a lot more choice. I do think there's an audience out there for small films. It's obvious to me what the studios do: they've co-opted independent film. They all have their independent arm. They can afford to crush the competition.
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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 usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.
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I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.
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I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.
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I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.
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I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
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I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a comedian role.
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I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.