Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. Steve Guttenberg More Quotes by Steve Guttenberg More Quotes From Steve Guttenberg If you're buying something from Chanel, you want it perfect, and delivered on time. Steve Guttenberg perfect I'm somebody who's really contributed to culture. Popular culture. Steve Guttenberg popular-cultureculture You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings. Steve Guttenberg chance-meetingmeetingschance 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 luxuryactorsartist 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 all-kindskind 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 regretproudcharacter When you have nothing to lose, the sky's the limit. Steve Guttenberg nothing-to-loselimitssky 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 hard-workwritingmeaningful 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 carsuccessfulpeople 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 carperfectpeople 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 worstearthadvice 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 regretpeoplethinking Sometimes it's good to miss a bus. It might be the wrong bus. Steve Guttenberg missingmightsometimes 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 opportunitybelieveway 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 hoursmeanthinking They said I could cast anybody I wanted, the only [other person] I wanted was G.W. Bailey and they wouldn’t offer him enough money. Steve Guttenberg entertainment I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed. Steve Guttenberg deepbecauseyouwant
