Even Steve Buscemi does not know how to say his own family name!

“Me, I did not grow up like that. With us, we said …” The actor of 67 returns to the debates surrounding his name.

You do not know how to pronounce the name of the new director of the Nevermore Academy who hosts season 2 on Wednesday?

Don’t worry, even Steve Buscemi does not really know what is the exact pronunciation of his last name!

Guest of the Tonight Show at the end of last week, he says that there is a kind of debate around the pronunciation of his name. During a fairly lunar exchange, the cult actor Dogs, Fargo or Boardwalk Empire already admits that he does not like it when we do it by forcing the Italian accent:

“At one point, I am told ‘Bruscemi’, like ‘Bruschetta .. but I don’t really like this pronunciation there …”

Then Steve Buscemi explains his way of saying:

“Me, I say ‘Boo-Shemi’, that suits me like that.”

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Except that this pronunciation would not be correct either!

“Well, this is the Italian pronunciation,” confirms the actor with Sicilian origins (his father was called John Buscemi). “But I did not grow up like that. With us, we said ‘Bue-Semi’, but I can’t even say it anymore. So I say ‘Boo-Semi’, mixing the two a little …”

And the actor ends up laughing by admitting:

“I don’t know how to pronounce my own name!”

Besides, he confides that at his beginnings in stand-up, he was simply called “Buce”. Not necessarily simpler …