Steve Guttenberg Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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#6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#15. 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.

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

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

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

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

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#20. 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.

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

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

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

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

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#25. 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.

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

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#27. 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.

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#28. Directing is a tremendous art.

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

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

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#31. 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.

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

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#33. You can tell when you're in a hit.

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#34. 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.

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#35. 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.

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

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#37. 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.

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

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

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

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#41. 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.

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