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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.

~Steve Buscemi

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

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

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

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Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

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Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

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I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with.

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I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll take every suggestion, but I want there to be some room for actors to grow.

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I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

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To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it's something that's going to detract from the film. So often when I watch films, the score is what really bothers me.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 13th, 1957

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