I first saw him in the Martin Scorsese-directed segment of New York Stories (1989), though I didn't take much notice at the time. He played a stand-up comic (sorry, "performance artist") who did his thing in a disused subway space, when he wasn't competing with Nick Nolte for the affections of Rosanna Arquette.
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"The cops come by, they say: 'How come you killed this guy?' " |
I did notice him in Miller's Crossing (1990), where he played Mink, a lowlife associate of gangsters, who comes to a sticky end. Here he is appealing to Gabriel Byrne to intervene on behalf of his friend John Turturro.
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"... a square gee like the Motzah? He's a right guy, Tom! He's a straight shooter!" |
In Barton Fink (1991), Buscemi has the memorable role of Chet, the receptionist/ bellboy/shoe shine guy at the Hotel Earle. Here he registers John Turturro for a stay of indefinite duration.
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"Are you a tranz or a rez?" |
In Rising Sun (1993), he played The Weasel, a busy-body journalist who made life difficult for Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes.
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"Can I quote you on that, sir?" |
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"How d'ya want it, burnt to a crisp, or bloody as hell?" |
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"What tied the room together, Dude?" |
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"Would you mind, Ray, because my knee is killing me." |
In Romance and Cigarettes (2005), a film written and directed by John Turturro, Steve Buscemi gives James Gandolfini advice about life and love, while the two of them are perched high up on the Williamsburg Bridge.
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"You gotta put the fire out, my friend. Attend to it." |
In Boardwalk Empire (2010), Steve Buscemi becomes a politician/gangster who discovers that runnin' things, it ain't all gravy.
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"First rule of politics, kiddo: never let the truth get in the way of a good story." |
A more surprising role came along recently on 30 Rock (2013). Steve had to go undercover to find the information Alec Baldwin was demanding. Watch his report...
1 comment:
Top guy, I've always loved him. He was great fun in Fargo, and pretty good in Con Air, too.
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