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
Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.
I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.
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.
My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.
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,'
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.
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.
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.
I have a dresser, who literally is a guy who makes sure the tie is right. It's a little bit of a process. I could probably do it by myself, but it would take me three times as long.
I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
It's always fun to get to do independent film because I believe that that's the life blood of film. It's about writers and directors who truly have their own vision, and that's hard.
I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.