141 Quotes by Steve Buscemi

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.

The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

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

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

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

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.

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

My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles.