Growing up with older brothers meant that I was personally subjected to a lot of movies from the 70s and 80s to fall in love with. In many of those films was Steve Guttenberg. I would eventually find my own Guttenberg comfort movie in Home for the Holidays, but the point is that Steve Guttenberg has a legacy that is impactful, fun, and leaves many of his fans with different movies to talk about.
ThePolice AcademyandShort Circuitstar talked with me about his upcoming project: Good Boy, an entry in Hulus Into the Dark anthology series of feature-length horror stories. In this installment, Guttenberg plays an editor for a local paper that is going digita,l and the excitement for it came from Jason Blum asking and working with Judy Greer!
The Mary Sue: I really enjoyed Good Boy because I thought it was a fun take on the series. I enjoyed that it was a bit more fun, and I really liked your character, as a writer myself. So, I wanted to know what kind of drew you into the Into the Darkseries in the first place and, in particular, this character?
Steve Guttenberg:Well, Jason Blums office called us and asked if I was interested in doing one of his episodes, and I read it and I thought that Aaron and Will Eisenberg did a good job making a derivative idea into something different. And I liked Tragedy GirlsandPatchworkfrom Tyler MacIntyre, and I was really excited about working with a talented actress like Judy Greer, so I accepted the part.
TMS: And yeah, youve been having a really fun kind of (well I guess with my family) resurgence, but we watch Holey Moley, so I also love that this movie, in particular, is more of like a character that is new and refreshing versus the exaggeration of yourself that youre playing on Holey Moley as the diving judge, and so, is that fun to kind of have this new wave of fans recognize your work?
Guttenberg: You know I dont notice any of that. You know, my job is to be creative every day. So I take classes every day: dance, theatre, movement, stage fighting whether its a mask class, singing, or dancing and so my day, since I was twelve years old, has been being creative ten hours a day. An actor can only do what hes offered, and I just look at it as doing my work.
With Holey Moley,I wanted to create an angry character. Im not playing myself at all. Im playing this sort of pompous actor who has a real anger in him for this diver, Joey, which is ridiculous and thats what makes it funny, and then to play Don, which is a supporting role the idea of a supporting role is to make the lead look good. Thats your only job. If you make the lead look good, then youve done a good job being a supporting character. If youre going to play Polonius, you have to make everybody else look goodsame thing with playing Guildenstern. You have to make Hamlet look good. So, my job was to make Judy look good.
TMS: And you do a great job with it.
Guttenberg: Thank you I appreciate it.
TMS: I love both your movies and Judy Greers, so this movie is very exciting, so do you hope that this I feel like the Into the Darkseries has a younger audience who likes horror movies and the series is just a condensed version, do you hope that it kind of brings younger audiences into your older work that they might not have seen yet?
Steve Guttenberg:No, not really. My job is to be the best actor that I can, and its show business. Im part of the show. My job is to act, sing, dance, move, and create a character or characters that support the piece, that serves the play. I have no control over the business, and so I dont pay much attention to it. And I dont pay much attention to the fans because theyre a capricious group. One day they like you, one day they dont. Im sure youve seen it in your writing. Someone might love you and then move on to another writer, so I dont pay much attention to the fans. I think theyre people just like me.
TMS: Thats really interesting because I ask that question a lot and normally theyre like I hope it does this and this maybe thats why because like, I was tweeting about getting to talk to you today and was saying how I have to find some way of bringing up Home for the Holidaybecause thats my favorite comfort movie and I think now that maybe thats why your movies feel that way to people? Because its not so much a I love every single thing Steve Guttenberg has ever done but its, instead, that every character you bring to life has this earnest nature to them.
Guttenberg: Well, I want to bring the truth into everything I do, and thats why we admire actors, because theyre truthful. And that degree of actors are truthful and through that earnestness, I believe that I serve the play and lots of good things can come from that. Its all about creating a part of the painting that the director and producer envisioned. And if you can make it better, then thats great, but I dont focus at all on the result. I dont read reviews. Im just doing my job, and I do my job the best I can.
TMS: Do you think thats something thats important for a lot of creatives to remember now? Because so much of everything is online and what people think and what people are saying instead of just honoring the art and putting your whole self into something rather than worrying about what people are going to say about it?
Guttenberg: Yeah, nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come. And before its time has come, everybody is against it. If you notice, three years ago Colin Kaepernick went on one knee and was basically fired for it. And now the NFL is walking that back and saying, Maybe we made a mistake. The same as with all the other companies. So, its about when an ideas time has come. So, if you believe in your art, or your cause, considering what other people think is ridiculous. You have to notice the world you live in, but it doesnt matter what anybody thinks because they spend about two seconds on what youre doing and then they move on, but youre spending a lifetime on your cause.
TMS: Thats fascinating because, like you said, its one moment and then its gone, and so much of peoples outrage or commentary on art and movies is for a moment, and then it passes, but its the movies that certain people cling to that have this power. And with actors like yourself, its really fascinating to me because, like I said earlier, you have so many movies that have that resonance and so much of it is because of your approach to acting and your telling of these stories.
Guttenberg: Yeah, you know, of course, you have to be lucky enough to have paints that are beautiful and a canvas that is beautiful and something to paint that is beautiful, and I think that the artist has a signature and thats what creates an icon. Its the expectation and fulfillment of what that artist brings.
TMS: As kind of a final thought (Im very excited for people to watch this), what do you hope to do next when everything calms down and what stories do you want to bring your truth to in the future?
Guttenberg: Oh, I dont know. I really dont know. Im writing a play right now for New York, and hopefully, that gets done. But creatively, I just do the same thing every day. Serve my family and my friends, I take classes and improve my art and my instrument, and enjoy a great quality of life.
Good Boy is out now, and if you like comedy, this is a fun foray into the comedic horror genre with great performances and a fun twisting narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire thing! Definitely check it out, and I, personally, cant wait for more Guttenberg on Holey Moleyor to see that play hes working on!
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