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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.
Steve Buscemi
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The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
Steve Buscemi
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Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
Steve Buscemi
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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
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It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.
Steve Buscemi
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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.
Steve Buscemi
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It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.
Steve Buscemi
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Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
Steve Buscemi
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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
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My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
Steve Buscemi
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I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.
Steve Buscemi
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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
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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
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