You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act. Kurt Fuller More Quotes by Kurt Fuller More Quotes From Kurt Fuller Most of my experiences have been positive. I know I live a very good life. I'm severely overpaid, but there are people who are much more overpaid than I am. I've been very lucky, and I know that, because I see guys all the time who are struggling and can't make a dime, and they're much better actors than me. Kurt Fuller good-life struggle people I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one. Kurt Fuller awards numbers watches I just don't feel like - I've never felt like - part of the entertainment industry. I still just feel like I'm trying to work my way in. And that's weird. Kurt Fuller entertainment trying way Show business is a great place to fail upward... and I guess that's what I've done. Kurt Fuller failing done shows I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time. Kurt Fuller fraternity geek actors I've worked with Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks. I've worked with some really good directors: Woody Allen, Paul Schrader... My God, I've really worked with a lot of people. But I'm intimidated by them, and I'm always thinking, "Oh, my God, he's not going to like me, and I'm going to get fired." Kurt Fuller directors people thinking To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors. Kurt Fuller actors self-esteem thinking Playing Destroyo, who was sort of a 'Silence Of The Lambs' type character, I'd say I was wearing about 50 pounds of rubber and foam rubber and makeup. But I had no idea who The Tick was. I'm not a big graphic-novel guy. I don't even know if 'The Tick' was a graphic novel! Kurt Fuller makeup character ideas I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows I've ever seen run forever, and some of the best things never get a chance. Kurt Fuller baseball running years Harold Ramis really got my career going and was a friend for a long time. I was doing a play in L.A., and he came to see it a few times and recommended me to Ivan Reitman for Ghostbusters 2. Six months later, I quit real estate and was acting for good, and it was really because Harold took an interest in me and made a phone call and did stuff that people don't usually do, even if they like somebody. Kurt Fuller phones real play I was selling real estate at the time, in Pacific Palisades, California, so imagine that: getting a note and a bottle of champagne from Jack Nicholson when I'd barely made a dime as an actor. It really kept me going. Kurt Fuller california actors real When you're working, nobody's a star. We're all just actors trying to figure it out. Kurt Fuller actors stars trying Why focus on what somebody might think? Nobody talks [on TV] like people really talk most of the time. Kurt Fuller focus people thinking The best thing to do, if you really want to be good, is drink vodka all day, from the second you get up to the second they say, "Cut!" Kurt Fuller drink cutting want It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything. Kurt Fuller filling I would go to these 'Supernatural' conventions because, well, one, it's like going to your own version of Disneyland. You're adored for an hour or whatever, and then you walk out and you're nobody again, but, boy, when you're there, it must be what it's like to be Brad Pitt all day, you know? You're the best thing going. And it pays pretty well, too! But I was concurrently loved and hated by everybody, because the suspension of disbelief is, uh, pretty high among 'Supernatural' fans. Kurt Fuller fans pay boys I always liked to go to Vancouver to shoot, because I think Vancouver's a beautiful city. Kurt Fuller cities beautiful thinking Probably my favorite job that I've ever had and probably will have - although I'm reserving judgment on 'Manhattan Love Story,' Tuesday nights at 8:30 on ABC, because it's pretty fun so far - is 'Psych,' which I did for four or five years. Kurt Fuller psych fun jobs I was a terrible actor, and that's why I got the job: I would allow myself to be so bad that I lowered and got down to WWF standards. Kurt Fuller standards actors jobs I have nothing bad to say about Hulk Hogan. In fact, compared to what I have seen in the press and all the high jinks of his life, I didn't see any of that coming, man. He was just a businessman who worked out. Kurt Fuller businessman men facts
