What do you feel was Steve Buscemi's worst moment; best moment?

[FDRrocks]

I tuned into VH1 to see "Airheads." It occured to me that it is a horrible blemish upon Steve Buscemi's acting career.

His best, in my not-so-humble New Years week drunken opinion, is as Donny in "The Big Lebowski."

[chicagojoe]

1. The FARGO character was good, too.

[FDRrocks]

2. I really need to revisit it once....

It's been so long, I can barely rememeber the plot. Forgot Steve was even in it.

[slutticus]

22. Yeah.

That was one of the best lines, when he comes in to that house with half his face blown off and says "You should see the other guy".

[Left Is Write]

40. Agreed.

[mark414]

3. he is one of the only geniuses alive today

i can't pick a best or worst

i find the man to be so fucking incredible

[JohnKleeb]

4. he's an interesting guy

I read he got his start as a firefighter before going in to acting, he is a great actor, I admit it when I first saw him in con air, he creeped me out but damn he's a good actor.

[FDRrocks]

7. A firefighter?

That guy is so frail he'd have a hard time taking down a hot flash.

[JohnKleeb]

9. Dude I am dead serious

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/bio

[FDRrocks]

13. I never doubted you, John

You vaguely know me. If you ever lied to me I'd come to Boston and feed you spam.

I'm just saying. You know? If Steve Buscemi saved me from anything bigger than Wee-Man, I'd be amazed. :)

[JohnKleeb]

18. Why would you go to Boston?

I am from Virginia.

[FDRrocks]

26. I must be going nuts then.....

I could swear you told me you lived in Boston.

[JohnKleeb]

30. Nope, Northern Virginia

Remember, I go to DC a lot, and I am going down there again in a few weeks at least.

[mark414]

16. holy shit

"Stabbed in the throat, head and arm during a barroom brawl at the Firebelly Lounge in Wilmington, NC. The brawl also involved Vince Vaughn. <12 April 2001>"

"Showed up at his old firehouse the day after the World Trade Center tragedy in New York to volunteer. Worked twelve hour shifts for a week after the terrorist act, digging through rubble with his old comrades looking for missing firefighters... anonymously. "

"Suffered a deep cut to the face during the bar room brawl in April of 2001. He now has a noticeable scar on his cheek. Heavy make-up is used to hide it in movies."

[JohnKleeb]

19. I know

Didcha see the part where it says he auditioned for the role of Constanza?

[mark414]

21. ha

i dont think anyone couldve been a better george than jason alexander, even buscemi

[JohnKleeb]

24. I know

I really regret not watching that show when I was younger.

[FDRrocks]

29. Thats some hardcore shit

I was just talking about his frame, his build.

But a 90 pound person on PCP can throw an elephant.

Damn, I just found more reasons to respect.

[mark414]

8. when he was younger he got hit by a car

and used the money from the settlement to take acting lessons...

supposedly he took them on a whim, with no real intentions, and then he just sort of took off

[JohnKleeb]

11. Thats very interesting

He's a good actor, he can be funny, freaky, etc, hes damn good.

[lazarus]

37. On 9/11

he grabbed some gear and went down to help. Ordered his publicist to not mention it, ever.

[FDRrocks]

6. It made me very happy to hear that he was down with Kerry....

I believe he was doing standup? ... or whatever Steve can do when you put him on a stage at a Kerry event.

In my opinion, Steve's subtlety is what makes him great. When he plays the slightly-higher-than-cameo character, he steals every scene.

It's why I do not like "Airheads."

[JohnKleeb]

12. I heard about that

One of my celeb crushes, the fine Miss. Portman was down with Kerry too.

[FDRrocks]

15. Go Natalie...

I hope Lindsay Lohan is down with the cause. :)

[JohnKleeb]

17. Better yet is that my real crush is

:), yeah I hope lindsey is too, she's really attractive for a redhead, and this coming from me who has never been a big fan of red head freckled girls.

[FDRrocks]

25. She's one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen.

Tyra Banks level. And above.

I was vegging out on VH1 and they were discussing who was hotter: Lindsay or Hillary Duff.

I could not believe what I was hearing. It is so obvious.

Man I sound like a vally girl....for fucks fake.

[JohnKleeb]

28. Nah this is a valley girl

Like that girl was so hot, like did you see the breasts on her, those are like totally beautiful. God now I am a lesbian valley girl :), works for me. Lohan isnt my personal fave but she's pretty, Natalie Portman is what I call beautiful, she has it all IMO, its those eyes that I am attracted to, non concidentially my real crush has very attractive ones too.

[Minstrel Boy]

5. Trees Lounge was terrific.

Great in Ghost World, too.

I haven't seen Airheads, but I'll concede that as his nadir.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. One-Eyed Jimmy's Brother in "The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy'

I love that flick!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

39. I didn't think anyone had seen that movie except me

Oddly enough, I now live in Red Hook (the neighborhood featured in the movie).

Weird...

[DelawareValleyDem]

42. Nah, me too

Lots of funny moments in that movie, but mostly by actors who disappear for the rest of the film. Busecmi is funny throughout.

[ISUGRADIA]

14. I think he was great in Parting Glances

he played a singer from a rock band who has AIDS. Very strong performance. Mid 80s, I found him hot looking in it too.

On Edit: He was bad in Armegedon not his fault but the script, but I know he has to earn $ too.

[FDRrocks]

20. I gotta check these flick you guys mentioned out....

I mean, I've seen so many movies with Buscemi, I thought I had almost seen it all.

But I've never seen some of the movies you guys listed here. I've never even heard of them. I'm starting to suspect he had a very big career before he entered my view as an actor in the early 90's.

[JohnKleeb]

23. I'll get the IMDB list

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9c3RldmUgYnVzY2VtaXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=2
I remember his character in Billy Madison!

[FDRrocks]

32. 6 movies in 2005! That is insane.

Thanks for the link, btw. Almost 100 films.

[JohnKleeb]

35. sure, thats a great site

[DelawareValleyDem]

43. Best moment was his support of Kerry in 2004

[maveric]

27. He was aslo great in 2 episodes of "Homicide, Life on the Street".

As a racist, psycho, cop killer.

[Miami Liberal]

31. Mr. Pink

in "Reservoir Dogs" was one of his best moments, also "Ghost World" and "Fargo." He was even great in "The Wedding Singer." I can't' think of any bad moments. Love the guy.

[bettyellen]

33. on sept 11 th, when he got back in uniform as a NYFD for a week!!

he did not talk it up, and i love him even more for that!

[FDRrocks]

34. Well, what do you guys think of his performance in "Airheads"?

It starred him, Bredan Frasier, and Adamn Sandler.

He should've easily stole the scene, but he really didn't. He starred with two peices of one trick plyowood ponies, imo.

[mockmonkey]

36. Parting Glances and Fargo

On TV as the Mad Hatter on SNL was really funny. I can't think of a bad moment. I could never watch much of Airheads...it just seemed boring to me.

[ThoughtCriminal]

38. Worst moment - Dr Stranglove moment in Armegeddon

Best Moment - leg sticking out of stump grinder in Fargo.

I'm kidding, it was a great performance.

[peekaloo]

41. Best moment is 'Ghost World'

worst, um, um, 'Armageddon'.