Steve Buscemi Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• 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.

  Steve Buscemi

  Struggle, Character, Thinking

• 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

  New York, Character, Cities

• Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Casting, Persons

  "Buscemi Remakes Film of Slain Filmmaker". Interview with Jake Coyle, www.washingtonpost.com. July 12, 2007.

• 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.

  Steve Buscemi

  Wise, Growing Up, Heart

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

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Thinking, Play

  "10 Minutes with Steve Buscemi". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. July 18, 2007.

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

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Interesting, Elements

• I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Matter, Stuff

• Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, Three, Credit

  "Buscemi Remakes Film of Slain Filmmaker". Interview with Jake Coyle, www.washingtonpost.com. July 12, 2007.

• Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.

  Steve Buscemi

  Writing, Character, Starting Over

• Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"

  Steve Buscemi

  Character, What If, Want

  "Buscemi Remakes Film of Slain Filmmaker". Interview with Jake Coyle, www.washingtonpost.com. July 12, 2007.

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