Steve Guttenberg : What happened to his career??

What happened
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to his career??

He was very busy and succesfull actor through 1980-es, but in 1990 he took a break from acting until 1995, i dont know the reason, and he didnt actually come back. I wonder why and what happened?

Re: What happened to his career??

http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/08/18/what-the-hell-happened-to-steve-guttenberg/5/


After 1990, “The Gute” just disappeared. After working steadily throughout the 1980’s, Guttenberg wouldn’t make another movie for 5 years!


“I decided I’d like to work when I want to work. Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. If you’re an artist, an actor, and you don’t have to work, then you do work that you wanna do. So I did theater that I really wanted to do, and I did some small independent movies that I really wanted to do, and I wrote and I painted and I got to see my parents all the time.”


There aren’t a lot of reasons given for Guttenberg’s disappearance. Although Guttenberg himself admits that he let fame go to his head. In his autobiography, The Guttenberg Bible, Guttenberg admits to bedding hundreds of women and generally not being a very nice person.

I think most people are less surprised by Guttenberg’s disappearance than the idea that Guttenberg was ever a star to begin with. The thing Guttenberg had going for him was that he was non-threatening. He was just a goofy, somewhat handsome guy. Men didn’t want to be him and although women apparently wanted to be with him, they’d have rather been with Tom Selleck.


http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/08/18/what-the-hell-happened-to-steve-guttenberg/7/


Even though Guttenberg appeared in a lot of big hits in the 80’s, he was never the most memorable thing about them.

He was the audience surrogate. Audiences might not be able to relate to the zany characters in Police Academy, but they can hang with the Gute. They may not be willing to buy robots who come to life or aliens who give the elderly eternal life. But somehow, it’s easier to swallow when the Gute is there smiling and assuring the audience it’s okay to buy in to the premise.

Guttenberg wasn’t a big star in the sense that he sold a lot of movie tickets. He was just a likable guy who happened to be in a lot of popular movies. Like he wandered in off the studio tour and somehow ended up in the shot. But then he took a break from the biz. And when he came back, audiences had moved on. He was no longer our 20-something buddy. He was an old guy with a 90’s mullet. He wasn’t cool any more except in the ironic sense.

Re: What happened to his career??

I guess the Stonecutters are no longer as influential as they once were:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpOjj4YD8c
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