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.
Steve GuttenbergAny 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 GuttenbergThere are 100,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild. Only 2,000 of them make more than $75,000 a year.
Steve GuttenbergWhen 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 GuttenbergI'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 GuttenbergI 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