Steve Buscemi Quotes

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• Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

  Steve Buscemi

  Thinking, Heaven, Earth

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• What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

  Steve Buscemi

  Religious, Atheist, Eye

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• Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

  Steve Buscemi

  Mean, People, Burgers

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• I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

  Steve Buscemi

  Humanity, Relate, I Can

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• What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of which they tell you to p*ss off; ending up in some retirement village hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time? Wouldn't you consider that to be insane?

  Steve Buscemi

  Retirement, Years, Office

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• Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

  Steve Buscemi

  Interesting, Interesting Things, Knows

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• Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

  Steve Buscemi

  Adventure, Doors, Hats

  "Steve Buscemi Interview BOARDWALK EMPIRE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 9, 2010.

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• I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'

  Steve Buscemi

  Teeth, Helping, Dentist

  "The Drama Actor Roundtable" by Matthew Belloni and Stacey Wilson Hunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 8, 2011.

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• My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.

  Steve Buscemi

  Humorous, Mean, Profound

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

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• I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.

  Steve Buscemi

  Hate, People, Hatred

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• It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

  Steve Buscemi

  Play, Trying, Matter

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• I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

  Steve Buscemi

  Fun, People, Passionate

  "Steve Buscemi Interview BOARDWALK EMPIRE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 9, 2010.

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• I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

  Steve Buscemi

  People, Stories, Problem

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

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• When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.

  Steve Buscemi

  Jobs, Theatre, Acting

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• My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

  Steve Buscemi

  Real, Training, Theatre

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2001.

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

  Steve Buscemi

  People, Situation, Recognise

  Guardian interviews at the BFI with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. July 16 , 2001.

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• I never want to feel like the way that I see it isthe only way. Sometimes mistakes happen and that's better than whatyou thought the scene could be. You allow room for the possibilities.

  Steve Buscemi

  Mistake, Want, Way

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• I guess I don't think about age too much. I've always felt older than I really am anyway. I'm not dreading getting older. I don't miss the anxiety of being younger and not knowing what you want or where you’re going.

  Steve Buscemi

  Thinking, Anxiety, Missing

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

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• It doesn't matter so much where the material comes from, as long as it's good.

  Steve Buscemi

  Long, Matter, Materials

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2001.

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• I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

  Steve Buscemi

  Fire, People, Stories

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• 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.

  Steve Buscemi

  Independent, Film, Scene

  "Living The High Life". Interview with Randee Dawn, www.backstage.com. September 30, 2003.

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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

  New York, Character, Cities

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• I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.

  Steve Buscemi

  Real, Sound, Bigs

  "Steve Buscemi Interview BOARDWALK EMPIRE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 9, 2010.

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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

  Years, Way, Casts

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