Quotes by Steve Buscemi

About Steve Buscemi:

Steven Vincent is an American actor, director, writer, and retired firefighter. Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including Parting Glances, New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Con Air, Armageddon, The Grey Zone, Ghost World, Big Fish, and The Sopranos. He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers: Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. He frequently makes appearances in films that star Adam Sandler.
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Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Steve Buscemi

The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party.

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

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

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 was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

Steve Buscemi

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

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, '...

Steve Buscemi

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

Steve Buscemi

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

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

Steve Buscemi

Author Bio

  • NameSteve Buscemi
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director and writer
  • AliasesSteven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi; Steven Vincent Buscemi
  • BornDecember 13, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Film Producer