Steve Guttenberg Quotes (34 Quotes)

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

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.

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.

Whenever I would see them they were always a happy couple. They always had the appearance of being real well balanced.

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

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.

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

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

I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed.

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.

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

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

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

A gay man can be friends with a straight man. That can happen.

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

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

You can tell when you're in a hit.

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

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

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Directing is a tremendous art.

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

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.

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

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.

My uncle had trouble carving the turkey. He complained about the sharpness of the knife. My grandma proceeded to rip the turkey apart with her own hands and throw a leg and breast on everyone's plate and said, 'There, that's Brooklyn style.'