Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemiis an American actor and film 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 Sopranos. He is also known for his appearances in many films by the Coen brothers: Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. Buscemi provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 December 1957
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.
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.
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 don't really consider myself a writer. Trees Lounge was really hard for me to write. Right know it's more important to keep directing.
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.
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.
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.
I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.
I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.