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December 10, 2006
Hot Seat: Steve Buscemi
New York Post reminds us why Steve Buscemi is so cool - as if we needed a reminder...
Q: You've lived in Park Slope for ages. As it gets more gentrified, do you get more autograph seekers?A: Nope, it's rare that somebody will stop me and ask for an autograph. Usually if somebody recognizes me, they don't say anything, or they just say "Hey." I'm able to live as close to a normal life as I can.
I am nervous about the Atlantic Yards going through, though - how much that'll change the whole area. I think it's just an unfortunate situation, and it's divided a lot of communities. We need jobs and housing, but I'm not convinced [this is] the solution. I hope there's a way that everybody can get what they need, but environmentally it's gonna be awful.
Q: You've been pretty active in the fight against the project.
A: Yeah, I've been involved with Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn. Every politician is for this project except for a few very brave ones, like Letitia James and some others in Brooklyn who aren't afraid to speak against it. Even Elliot Spitzer said that it's too big, and I'm hoping that [he] can be a positive force in either scaling this down or, you know, just changing the direction. Marty Markowitz [also] says that it's too big, and having people like that say that it's too big, and that maybe this isn't such a great idea, helps.
It's just way oversized and overwhelming, and I just don't see how it's going to be good for Brooklyn.
Buscemi will ironically be playing a rat in his newest film, "Charlotte's Web."
Posted by amy at December 10, 2006 7:29 PM