Latest Steve Guttenberg Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm just thinking all the time. There are times when I don't really need to think. You know what I mean? If you think about stuff for five hours, you really only need to do like five minutes and the rest of sort of rehashing it and dramatically going over it.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Mean, Thinking, Hours

  Source: www.avclub.com

• If I buy a luxury gift for someone I love, it's got to be perfect. The product has to be in perfect condition from the company. If I'm going to buy a luxury watch or luxury car or clothing for someone I love, it's got to be perfect, and they've got to handle it perfectly. They have to pack it perfectly. I want the people that I love to have that great experience, because you're paying so much, you should have it perfect.

  Steve Guttenberg

  People, Perfect, Car

  Source: www.avclub.com

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Perfect

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Kind, All Kinds

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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."

  Steve Guttenberg

  Advice, Earth, Worst

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor is such a rarity on earth. It's like making a living as a painter. So I look at different opportunities in the same way as Jack Nicholson, who said once, "Keep popping up in different holes. That's what you want to do: Just keep popping up in different holes." That made a lot of sense to me.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Believe, Opportunity, Way

  "Steve Guttenberg on Police Academy, Party Down, and turning down Sharknado". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 25, 2015.

• 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!

  Steve Guttenberg

  Home, Playing Yourself, Acting

  "Steve Guttenberg on Police Academy, Party Down, and turning down Sharknado". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 25, 2015.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Luxury

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• 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.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Sides, Painting, Making Money

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• 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.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Artist, Luxury, Actors

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• Show business has never been my everything. It's a means; it's not the end. It's a means to the end. I want and have always wanted freedom. That was always my goal, to not have a boss, to not have anybody tell me what to do. Luckily, as an actor, I got that.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Mean, Goal, Boss

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Fortune, Shows, Show Business

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Eye, Long, Bulls

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• My thoughts were to become a dentist when I first went to Albany State. I didn't know where I would end up, but I knew I'd be happy, and I knew I would have a nice life. That was always my goal, to have a nice, happy life. That's, to me, being rich.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Nice, Happy Life, Goal

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Men, Important, Needs

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Sky, Limits, Nothing To Lose

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

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

  Steve Guttenberg

  Missing, Might, Sometimes

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• What life really is all about is happiness. It's not money, or stature, or the amount of cars you have in your driveway. Life, a really successful life, is one in which you are loved and love somebody else, or some other people.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Successful, People, Car

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• When you're going over periods of your life, you remember certain things, certain events, certain people that you've forgotten. You've forgotten certain lessons or people you were very close to, and then you haven't seen them in a while. I think if you can go through life with the correct regrets, then looking back on it, like I did, a certain portion of my life is pretty enjoyable. All my regrets are ones that I'd like to keep.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Regret, Thinking, People

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• 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.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Regret, Character, Proud

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.

• Any kind of writing that's meaningful becomes hard work, so there were times when it would really flow, there were times when I'd get 10 pages a day, and then there were days when I would do three pages. Depends on the thickness of the material. If it's satisfying, it's hard, but it's pretty wonderful.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Meaningful, Hard Work, Writing

  "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.