141 Quotes by Steve Buscemi

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn’t one of them. In the end, I couldn’t figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did theater, I used to have a partner, and that was the way we used to write a lot of our sketches, through improvisation. So it’s something I feel comfortable with.