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Fresh Air · 2026-11-12 · 49 min · 8,215 words

Steve Buscemi

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Sign up today at bus.npr. org. This is fresh air. I'm Dave Davies. If you're a fan of the Cohen Brothers movie Fargo, this line might ring a bell. Oh Louis Square!

A wee square That's our guest today, Steve Busemi, in one of the more memorable roles of a career that's earned him well over a hundred film and T V credits. They include Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, The Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire, to name just a few. He's also directed television and film, including the movie Tree's Lounge, which he wrote and starred in. And at age sixty eight, he's still busy.

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