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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)
Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. View quote
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They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping. View quote
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The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. View quote
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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. View quote
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I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. View quote
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Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece. View quote
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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. View quote
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It doesn't matter to me what the genre is. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure. View quote
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Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends. View quote
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I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted. View quote
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Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it. View quote
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By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had. (Steve Buscemi)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. View quote
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