Steve Buscemi Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.”

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

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

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

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

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

“I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When I was doing stand-up, I was about twenty, and I really think that that's a little too young. I didn't have a whole lot of life experience to draw on.”