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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Actor & Director Steve Buscemi

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Steve Buscemi! The best ever. The actor, director and producer joins Bullseye to talk about dying on screen dozens of times, and how his father shaped his career in the civil services and encouraged him to pursue acting. We'll look back on the first ever movie he acted in – one that ended up being a pivotal moment in the history of American queer cinema. Plus, he'll talk to us about trying his hand at stand-up as an eighteen year old kid from Long Island.

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fund

0:21.4

and is distributed by NPR. It's bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne. My next guest, De Bussemic, doesn't need much introduction.

0:43.6

He is one of the most memorable actors ever.

0:47.3

He's had hundreds of parts, leading parts and stuff

0:49.7

like Reservoir Dogs, Ghost World, Boardwalk Empire,

0:52.8

iconic supporting parts in Fargo, the Sopranos,

0:55.6

and of course, 30 Rock.

0:57.8

Rusemy is also a director.

1:01.0

On the small screen, he's worked on shows as diverse as Oz, Portlandia, and again 30 Rock.

1:07.0

And on the big screen he wrote and directed the cult hit Trees Lounge, along with the brand new movie, The Listener.

1:14.0

It's a drama starring Tessa Thompson

1:16.0

about a crisis helpline volunteer.

1:19.0

When I talked with Bussemi in 2020,

1:21.0

he just starred in something very, very different. Much

1:24.8

dumber, just as compelling. It's a TV show called Miracle Workers. Each season

1:30.1

of Miracle Workers tells a different story with the same cast.

1:33.2

Season 1 was set in heaven, who was run kind of like a soulless mega corporation with an absentee

1:39.3

CEO.

1:41.0

Steve played God.

1:42.0

Yes, literally God.

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