141 Quotes by Steve Buscemi

Quentin was so passionate and enthusiastic about what he was doing that it touched us all. We really wanted to do a good job for him.

They're not thinking of how it's going to please a mass audience, ... They're really writing it for themselves, and trusting there's an audience out there for what they have to say. Whenever you make a film, there's always compromises you have to make just to get it made, but you really have to ask yourself, 'How much am I willing to compromise to get it up on screen?' and at what point do the compromises mean that you're not really making the movie you wanted to make.

It's not like I'm looking for things that I can direct that I can also act in, but when it's right, I feel like the actor side of me wants to have that opportunity.

It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.

It's weird; I was not a really tough guy in high school, but I end up playing all of these psychopaths and criminals. I don't really care who they are, as long as they are complicated and going through something that I can understand and put across.

On big films there is a lot of pressure on the director, because they have so much money. The way I approach it as an actor is pretty much the same.

I'm not so in a rush to direct just anything because I'm lucky that I can make a living so far as an actor and not have to worry about that as a director. And so I can be a little more choosy in things I direct.

I love working with Scorsese. He's not only a brilliant director and is great working with actors, but he's also a walking human film encyclopedia. It's fun to talk about movies with him.

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.