PLEASE WELCOME THE GREAT STEVE BUSCEMI.
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>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
IT'S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
>> IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS.
EVERYBODY LOVES YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S-- YOU'VE GOT
A UNIQUE PLACE, I THINK IN SORT OF OUR MOVIE CULTURE IS THAT
YOU'RE ONE AT THE SAME TIME VERY POPULAR, PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU
ARE, AND YOU'RE A CULT FIGURE AT THE SAME TIME.
>> YEAH?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH, FOR LOOKS LIKE THAT, FOR THE LOOK YOU JUST GAVE ME.
AND I THINK-- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO START OFF THIS INTERVIEW WITH
AN APOLOGY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SAYING BOO-SHEME FOR ALL THESE
YEAR AND I FOUND OUT TODAY IT'S SU-SEM-E.
>> BU-SEM-I IS THE WAY MY DAD PRONOUNCED IT.
WHEN I WENT TO SICILY TO THE TOWN FROM WHERE MY GRANDFATHER
WAS FROM, THEY SAY BU-SHAME-Y.
YOU WANT BU-SEM-E.
>> I'M USED TO BU-SEM-I.
BUT I NEVER CORRECT PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: AND YOU BECAME FAMOUS AS BU-SHEM-E, RIGHT.
>> I GUESS SO.
>> Stephen: IF PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY, THEY'LL
BE LIKE WHO.
MY CAD SAID OUR NAME COAL-BERT.
IF I TRY TO GET A RESERVATION AT A RESTAURANT, I'M NEVER GOG SAY
COAL-BERT.
I'M GOING TO SAY COAL-BEAR.
WHEN YOU TRY TO GET A RESERVATION AT A RESTAURANT DO
YOU SAY BU-SHEM-E.
>> FIRST I SAY BU-SEM-E, AND IF I DON'T GET A REACTION THEN I
SAY BU-SHEM-E.
ONE TIME MY WIFE CALLED ME, I WAS IN L.A. IN A HOTEL AND ASKED
TO SPEAK TO STEVE BU-SHEM-E.
AND THEY CORRECTED HER.
SHE SAID THANK YOU NOW CAN I TALK TO MY HUSBAND.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE NOTABLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR CAREER IS
YOU'RE FREQUENTLY KILLED OFF IN MOVIES.
>> I AM, YES.
>> Stephen: IN EXTRAVAGANT WAYS.
>> MY FORTE.
>> Stephen: IS THAT BECAUSE, LIKE, DIRECTORS LOVE WORKING
WITH YOU OR THEY JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU GET KILLED?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I THINK THEY LOVE TO SEE ME GET KILLED.
BUT IT'S KIND OF-- YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE?
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WAY YOU'VE BEEN KILLED?
I HAVE-- I HAVE A COUPLE OF FAVORITE WAYS I'VE SEEN YOU
KILLED BUT DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE WAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A FAVORITE, BUT THE ONE THAT'S
SORT OF, LIKE, AMUSED ME THE MOST WAS DYING OF A HEART ATTACK
IN "THE BIG LEBOWSKY."
I'M SORRY IF I SPOILED THAT FOR ANYBODY.
>> Stephen: "SHUT UP, TONY."
>> SEE?
BUT CAN YOU REALLY SAY THE FULL LINE?
>> Stephen: NO, BECAUSE I'M ON CBS.
>> I'M READING THE SCRIPT, AND I-- AND I-- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
WHEN I READ A SCRIPT, I WOULD, LIKE, JUST GO TO THE END TO SEE
HOW I DIE OR IF-- OR IF I GET BEAT UP --
>> WHAT PAGE DOES MY NAME DISAPPEAR ON?
>> LIKE HOW FAR COI MAKE IT?
WHEN I READ "THE BIG LEBOWSKY" I THOUGHT THIS CHARACTER IS SUCH A
NICE GUY THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO KILL HIM.
THERE'S NO WAY.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT TO THAT HE HAS THE HEART DAEK.
I WAS LIKE, DAMN IT!
AGAIN.