The coolest thing about a star
I heard the coolest thing about Steve Buscemi tonight. mr_illuminated told me this evening that before becoming an actor, Steve Buscemi (about whom I am ashamed to admit I was relatively clueless - and he's been in 112 movies and TV roles) had been a New York City firefighter, which I did not know and which I thought interesting.
But what hubby told me afterward made me see this guy in a new light: When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Steve Buscemi drove back to his old firehouse in NYC and asked to be suited up. He worked a 12-hour shift along side the other firefighters busting their asses that day, and he refused to be photographed or have any press about it, because he wasn't there for the publicity. He was there for the people.
I have a newfound respect for Mr. Steve Buscemi, and am kind of in awe.
Only Sean Penn comes close to that in my book - and before Hurricane Katrina I didn't care for HIM - but when he drove to New Orleans and risked his life, diving under filthy water in dangerous conditions to rescue old ladies trapped in the housing projects (which he did all damn day for a couple of days), I knew I'd seriously underestimated him as a person.
Let's hear it for people being caring humans first, actors second, and the press be damned.
But what hubby told me afterward made me see this guy in a new light: When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Steve Buscemi drove back to his old firehouse in NYC and asked to be suited up. He worked a 12-hour shift along side the other firefighters busting their asses that day, and he refused to be photographed or have any press about it, because he wasn't there for the publicity. He was there for the people.
I have a newfound respect for Mr. Steve Buscemi, and am kind of in awe.
Only Sean Penn comes close to that in my book - and before Hurricane Katrina I didn't care for HIM - but when he drove to New Orleans and risked his life, diving under filthy water in dangerous conditions to rescue old ladies trapped in the housing projects (which he did all damn day for a couple of days), I knew I'd seriously underestimated him as a person.
Let's hear it for people being caring humans first, actors second, and the press be damned.