Steve Buscemi Quotes

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

I am attracted to the complexities and deeper truths of characters, and I can't name a favourite role any more than I can name a favourite food!

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.

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

If the role is challenging enough, I don't see why I shouldn't play an older man or a father figure. It is not about playing what you are in real life. We are called actors for a reason!

I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters.

I am not bothered about if my role in a film is small or big. Because if the character I am offered is sensible, I would do it even if it is small.

Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and meaty.

I don't choose characters according to looks. I'm comfortable doing both glamorous and non-glamorous roles.

Be it TV, films, or stage, I love substantial roles. The length of the character doesn't matter, but if the character is well thought, then I have to grab it.

I want to play good characters, not glamorous ones.

If someone comes with an interesting script where the negative role suits me, I will definitely take it up.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Well, my favorite roles so far are Lucas and Lost Boys.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

I've refused roles because they're too simplistic.

As an actor you have to have a strong vivid imagination as you're working and when the camera's rolling, but there's certainly a part of you that is aware of real life, that you're making a movie.

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.

When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.

In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.