# steve buscemi, classy guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811 "2001-09-15T13:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/1 "2001-09-15T13:46:16Z")
Apparently, as reported by a NYC fireman who called howard stern friday morning, steve buscemi is now a fireman again. He’s supposedly donned his firefighter uniform and is currently working on the rescue effort. They should give the guy an oscar 🙂 Hopefully a few hollywood fluff-heads will take notice and apply whatever skills they have as well. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/2 "2001-09-15T13:48:00Z")
They should give him an oscar anyways but yes that is very very cool. Nice to see. ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/3 "2001-09-16T07:09:44Z")
That has got to be the _sine qua non_ of cool. What a down-to-earth guy. I had no idea he’d been a firefighter in the first place. > [@](#): > > Hopefully a few hollywood fluff-heads will take notice and apply whatever skills they have as well. First thing that flashed through my mind after reading this was the stories of Cruise “rescuing” people from burning cars, etc. (I use the quotes because I was always half-convinced these were setups to improve his public persona.) Doesn’t seem likely he’ll be joining in these proceedings, though. Least he could do is donate a few million for the real heroes in his home state. - Dave ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/4 "2001-09-17T01:39:55Z")
And here I thought this was going to be a thread about _Ghost World_ (cool movie, stay after the credits). But, yeah, go Steve! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/5 "2001-09-17T02:54:31Z")
Interesting thought on the Tom Cruise Fakes Rescue angle. I’ve always felt that too, like the Russel Crowe Kidnap Plot just before the Oscars. However, along the same lines, Hollywood in general seems to be really really quiet after all of the events lately. I haven’t heard of any massive donations from the megastars at all. Then again, E! hasn’t been covering the carnage, so I could be out of the fluff news loop. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/6 "2001-09-17T03:27:34Z")
There’s been nothing from the gossip mills. [pagesix.com](http://pagesix.com) interview a few, like Liz Smith, who basically said, “f\*\*\* it, I wanna do something more useful than this s\*\*\*.” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/7 "2001-09-17T04:11:43Z")
I’m anxiously awaiting next week’s Enquirer–I can’t wait to see what they print–will they go for a 100% glurge issue, or carry on with the manufactured Hollywood gossip? I can’t see them putting Steve Buscemi on the cover… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/8 "2001-09-17T04:53:22Z")
Too bad they don’t need a chopper rescue, 'cause if they did, we could very easily see Harrison Ford show up, as he does that all the time out west. ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/9 "2001-09-17T09:16:19Z")
I know he’s a good actor, but Yeah! Go Mr. Buscemi!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/10 "2001-09-17T16:04:21Z")
I feel like such a jerk for asking for this, but do you have a cite? I want to believe it’s true because Buscemi’s such a cool guy, but I can’t believe anything reported on the Howard Stern Show just because it’s Howard Stern. I quick google search did not come up with anything recent. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/11 "2001-09-17T16:47:03Z")
I don’t know if Steve Buscemi is helping with the NYC rescue but I know [Kathleen Turner](http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/32699.htm) has voluteered at St. Vincent’s hospital. Keith ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/12 "2001-09-19T18:41:31Z")
\ Can anybody confirm this rumor? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/13 "2001-09-19T18:54:13Z")
I don’t know about Steve, but I hope it’s true. Last night on Politically Incorrect, Bill Mahr said he had so wanted to do something more than donate blood and he had felt guilty about not working all week and still getting paid that he signed over his paycheck to the survivor’s fund. He also is keeping a chair empty all week in honor of Barbara Olson, who was flying out to be on his show when her plane was hijacked. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/14 "2001-09-19T20:41:50Z")
Ack, as if dying in a hijacked plane isn’t sucky enough, she was flying out to be on _Politically Incorrect_? Geez. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/15 "2001-09-20T04:39:01Z")
She was a regular guest on PI, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/16 "2001-09-20T16:45:35Z")
[QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Hopefully a few hollywood fluff-heads will take notice and apply whatever skills they have as well. I just had this image of Freddy Prinze Jr. smiling with charming vaccuity at the rubble. It didn’t move. ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/17 "2001-09-20T20:15:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*First thing that flashed through my mind after reading this was the stories of Cruise “rescuing” people from burning cars, etc. (I use the quotes because I was always half-convinced these were setups to improve his public persona.) Doesn’t seem likely he’ll be joining in these proceedings, though. Least he could do is donate a few million for the real heroes in his home state. > > - Dave \*\* He has given most of his money to the Dianetics / Scientologist people, so he probably doesn’t have a few million to spare. Jim Carrey, OTOH, has donated 1M in cash to the family relief fund, and is urging other stars to give what they can… ## O Fighting What Since When? ---
**Author:** ![Elvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvis)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/18 "2001-09-20T20:44:05Z")
Last Thursday, in the midst of a NY Daily News story about the tragedy, the heroic efforts of firemen, and the horror of the scene at ground zero, I read “Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Actor Matthew Broderick came by the scene with their border collie Sally.” I practically threw up. What kind of celebrity goes to a scene of unspeakable tragedy with their dog to be “seen” by a reporter? Mr. Buscemi, I understand, is a pretty good guy all around. I have a neighbor whose kid goes to school with Buscemi’s kid and she says Buscemi is a regular, down to earth kind of guy. He’s listed in the Brooklyn white pages, for god’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Limerick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Limerick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limerick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/19 "2001-09-20T22:53:11Z")
Seems to be true. Says it on the People website. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811/20 "2001-09-20T23:41:21Z")
Specifically, [http://people.aol.com/people/special/0,11859,175431,00.html](http://people.aol.com/people/special/0,11859,175431,00.html) A class act indeed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-buscemi-classy-guy/81811.md?page=2)