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I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

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

Steve Buscemi

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.

Steve Buscemi

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Steve Buscemi

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.

Steve Buscemi

I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll take every suggestion, but I want there to be some room for actors to grow.

Steve Buscemi

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

Steve Buscemi

It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

Steve Buscemi

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.

Steve Buscemi

I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him.

Steve Buscemi

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

Steve Buscemi

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

Steve Buscemi

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

Steve Buscemi

Shooting in sequence, I think it intensifies everybody's relationship, the crew, the actors. You have to be very focused, and shooting at night is a challenge because you get tired. I think it requires a special kind of concentration, but it's also exhilarating.

Steve Buscemi

I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.

Steve Buscemi

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.

Steve Buscemi

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control.

Steve Buscemi

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

Steve Buscemi

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.

Steve Buscemi

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung out in cliques, and it's very hard to get accepted; lots of competition.

Steve Buscemi

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.

Steve Buscemi

I'm not so in a rush to direct just anything because I'm lucky that I can make a living so far as an actor and not have to worry about that as a director. And so I can be a little more choosy in things I direct.

Steve Buscemi

I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.

Steve Buscemi

Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

Steve Buscemi

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men.

Steve Buscemi

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.

Steve Buscemi

I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Steve Buscemi

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

Steve Buscemi

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

Steve Buscemi

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

Steve Buscemi

The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.

Steve Buscemi

When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.

Steve Buscemi

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

Steve Buscemi

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

Steve Buscemi

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with.

Steve Buscemi

With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system.

Steve Buscemi

To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story.

Steve Buscemi