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