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 Read Quote
Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It’s not like I’m the lead in everything I do – far from it. I’m not spending three or four months on a picture; I’m spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
I’ve always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Steve Buscemi Read Quote
I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out – normal kid stuff. But then I’d hear my mother talking about it to her relatives, marveling at it as if it was something unique. And it made me realize, ‘Oh, maybe I do have a talent for something.’ Steve Buscemi Read Quote
