I like telling stories about people with problems. I can’t really put it much simpler than that. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we’re not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don’t make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never… I used to watch whatever magic special was on as a kid, but then, it’s not that I lost interest, but to be a magician, you really, it’s really hard work. Learning lines is hard enough; learning sleight of hand, that’s real practice. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
To me, it doesn’t really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it’s something that’s going to detract from the film. So often when I watch films, the score is what really bothers me. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote