Steve Buscemi

There’s something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don’t know what the rules are, what you can and can’t do. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#life #art

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#coen #directors #everyone #feel #film

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#did #george #george carlin #i #loved

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#altman #attitude #bob #everybody #had

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. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#aspects #communication #forget #had #i

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#directing #fast #hard #hour #really

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#characters #even #i #itself #over

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#doing #i #like #really #stand-up

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#ever #i #movies #serious #think

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

— Steve Buscemi

#did #fires #go #hear #i