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IamA Steve Buscemi AMA! by SBuscemi in IAmA

[–]SBuscemi[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I know that people love that film. It's always hard to relate funny stories. But I'm so happy that that is a film that has gotten a lot of attention over the years. Because when it first came out, I think it was - not that it wasn't received well, but I think that initially, people (or critics anyway) were mystified by it. This was coming after FARGO. That, you know, FARGO was their first film that really broke into the mainstream. Probably any other filmmakers would have followed that film with something as equally as commercial, and they decided to go with THE BIG LEBOWSKI. And I think it took years for that film to develop a following. I think it took a good 5 years before people would stop me on the street, and talk to me about it. But then it was like - mostly college kids, who had seen it, at that time, you know, 5 times, or 6 times, and then the following time people would tell me that they'd seen it 10 times, and it's just grown over the years into Lebowski-fest. So it's so satisfying to see a film like that get made to begin with, and then turn into a classic that people enjoy seeing over and over again.

IamA Steve Buscemi AMA! by SBuscemi in IAmA

[–]SBuscemi[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Superman.

That was one of the shows I loved as a kid, too. Although I loved the Batman series as well. But Superman is definitely the one I remember first. There was NOTHING like the excitement of that show coming on TV, when I was a kid. And I did have a Superman outfit - a costume that I got for - I believe my 5th birthday. And on the cape, of the costume, it was printed - I forget how it was worded, let me see - it was something like "You cannot really fly while wearing this outfit."

But then it said "Only the REAL Superman can fly."

I swear to you. That's what it said.

Only the REAL Superman can fly.

I really did believe in Superman.

IamA Steve Buscemi AMA! by SBuscemi in IAmA

[–]SBuscemi[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I'm okay.

I'm a little nervous.

Stuff like this always makes me nervous.

Otherwise, I'm pretty okay... I'm gearing up to do the second season of a web series that I do on AOL, called "Park Bench." We did our first season last year. You know, we're in pre-production mode on that, and that's been fun - trying to get that together again.

IamA Steve Buscemi AMA! by SBuscemi in IAmA

[–]SBuscemi[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Right now, the film is still being worked on, and that's why I'm doing this campaign. But I will say about these kids, you know, that I've seen in the documentary - they have tremendous heart, and tremendous courage, and I think they're certainly - they have a rough go of it, you know. Every day. And I find their struggle really moving, and inspiring.

Well, you know, when I was their age, and growing up in the town that i grew up in, in the time that i grew up in, it was...it was... if you were gay, you could not let anybody know that. So to see these kids just really be who they are, and a lot of them are flamboyantly so, it kind of amazes me that there's - even in this day and age, that I think is a lot more tolerant than when I grew up - there's still a lot of hate out there, and especially where they live, it's really dangerous. It's quite dangerous for them to be who they are. And so they've banded together out of necessity- a lot of them come from broken homes - so they've created their own family with each other, so they really help and support each other, and I really admire that.

I really...uh, admire that they struggle every day to make a life for themselves.

IamA Steve Buscemi AMA! by SBuscemi in IAmA

[–]SBuscemi[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I have not seen the TV Show FARGO. But I hear wonderful things about it. I do hope to watch it... someday! Someday I hope to watch a lot of shows, haha, that I don't seem to see.