Top 75 Quotes by Steve Buscemi

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.

In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene.

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.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

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.

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

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had.

I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play.