141 Quotes by Steve Buscemi

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    Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

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    I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.

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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.

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

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    Usually, I only get to work a few weeks on a movie, or I often don't make it to the end of the movie because I'm disposed of.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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