Steve Buscemi Quotes

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.

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

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.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

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.

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

I don't tend to think of the characters i play 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I never want to feel like the way that I see it isthe only way. Sometimes mistakes happen and that's better than whatyou thought the scene could be. You allow room for the possibilities.

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.

Usually, I only get to work a few weeks on a movie, or I often don't make it to the end of the movie because I'm disposed of.

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

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

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

I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.

I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.

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.

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

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.

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

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

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

It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.

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

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

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.

I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.

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

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

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.

Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

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

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

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

I have a dresser, who literally is a guy who makes sure the tie is right. It's a little bit of a process. I could probably do it by myself, but it would take me three times as long.

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

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

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

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