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Steve Buscemi Biography

Steven Vincent Buscemi (/buːˈsɛmi/; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor and director. Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films, including Parting Glances, New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs, Desperado, Con Air, Armageddon, The Grey Zone, Ghost World, Big Fish, and The Death of Stalin. He is also known for his appearances in many films by Coen brothers: Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.

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

Character, Start, Starting Over, Story, Valuable, Writing

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

100, Commit, Matter, Percent, Play, Trying

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.

Big, Crazy, Space, Special, Spent

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

Character, Characters, Elements, Films, Interesting, Playing

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

Daring, Fire, People, Share, Story, Want

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.

Actors, Serious, Think, Thinking

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

Directing, Master, Masters, Plans, Write, Writing

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

Actor, Actors, Improv, Like, Training

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

Big, Bigs, Make, Real, Sound

Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

Based, Father, Like, Masterpiece, Thinking, Tree

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

Actor, Alex, Directors, Responsibility, Rockwell

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

Cast, Casts, Way, Years

Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.

Brother, Father, Fathers, Friends, Son, Stories

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

Comedian, Discovered, Hope, Sitcom

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

Earth, Fear, Heaven, Lives, Stays, Thinking

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

Burger, Burgers, Cow, Mean, People

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.

Atheist, Eye, Eyes, God, Know, Religious

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

Like, People, Problem, Simpler, Stories, Telling

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.

Age, Anxiety, Guess, Missing, Older, Thinking

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

Directing, Fast, Hour, Hours, Seven Days, Television

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