Steve Guttenberg Quotes

If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful.

The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles.

You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings.

Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.

Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do.

I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.

Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama.

It is hard to look back and talk about a set of disjointed experiences as though they were part of one smooth progression.

Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.

There are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a year.

A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.

It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman.

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name.

It's important for everybody to have somewhere to go. Men and women need purpose [in life].

When you have nothing to lose, the sky's the limit.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

The worst professional advice I've received. "If you were the last person on earth, I would never choose you to be a movie star."

Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.

Directing is a tremendous art.

No matter how bad your life gets, you can always turn it around.

I turned down Short Circuit 2 too and I now wish I hadn't. Sequels are a lot of fun and you get to hang out with all your friends.

There's tons of waste on every film. It really doesn't matter the budget, as long as it hits a bull's-eye.

Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror.

I've always been proud of my character and how I live my life. So my regrets are few, and the ones I do have, I'm glad I have.

Sometimes it's good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus.

I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people.

Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. If you're an artist, an actor, and you don't have to work, then you do work that you wanna do.

Read more. Read. Read. Read. Deeply, widely, read. Learn all kinds of subjects. The smarter you are as an actor, the better an actor you'll be.

If I could spend the rest of my life inside one movie it would be The Godfather, because it's the greatest movie ever made.

If you're buying something from Chanel, you want it perfect, and delivered on time.

Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not.

You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself is when I'm at home!

In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living.

It's all about commerce. Movies are not made like paintings, where you can make them for free and put them at the side. Movies are supposed to make money.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.

Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true?

Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that?

You can tell when you're in a hit.

When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn't starve too long.