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 More Quotes by Steve Guttenberg More Quotes From Steve Guttenberg 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. Steve Guttenberg encouraging uplifting hero Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich. Steve Guttenberg rich asking needs Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror. Steve Guttenberg terror film fun 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 boss goal mean There are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a year. Steve Guttenberg guilds actors years I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give. Steve Guttenberg deserve giving The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don't know anything. You don't know the knives behind the smiles. Steve Guttenberg allure knives hollywood In show business, you can't make a living. You can only make a fortune, but you can't make a living. Steve Guttenberg show-business shows fortune You can tell when you're in a hit. Steve Guttenberg Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama. Steve Guttenberg comedy guy drama 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. Steve Guttenberg lucky actors long 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 bulls eye long 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. Steve Guttenberg really-happy made people Someone's just told me the English are still trying to take over the United States - is that true? Steve Guttenberg take-me united-states trying Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that? Steve Guttenberg acts-of-courage said art 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 goal happy-life When people are nasty, it gets everybody's attention, and it gives them a name. Steve Guttenberg names giving people It is hard to look back and talk about a set of disjointed experiences as though they were part of one smooth progression. Steve Guttenberg progression smooth looks 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. Steve Guttenberg couple artist people It's important for everybody to have somewhere to go. Men and women need purpose [in life]. Steve Guttenberg important men needs
