Steve Guttenberg Quotes

I`m lucky to be in this business. I`m very grateful.

(Addressing the rumours of a Police Academy (1984)/Mahoney spin-off film) "Definitely. It`s coming. People will look down at the idea, but they`re in the same business of making money too. The Police Academy films gave me so much opportunity, and I`ve got nothing but a good attitude towards them. I sure hope they do it. If the script`s right - I`m definitely in. You never know, I may direct."

Typecasting is a good thing. It`s good to be known for what you do.

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

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

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

The allure of Hollywood is huge when you don`t know anything. You don`t know the knives behind the smiles.

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

Every film can be fun, even if it`s a terror.

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

Underneath all the skin, we`re all the same.

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

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

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

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

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

Directing is a tremendous art.

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.

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.

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.

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

You can tell when you`re in a hit.

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.

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

I just want to do good stories. That`s the trap. When people say, `Oh, I don`t want to do this again` -- well, if they`re good at it, why not do it? I don`t care about switching from comedy to drama -- I just like to be able to jump from work to work. I just like to be doing good work -- that`s all I want to do. I just want to work.

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.

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn`t get to spend time building my personal life.

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

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

I`m somebody who`s really contributed to culture. Popular culture.

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

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.

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

I`m not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.