Matthew Gray Gubler
Matthew Gray Gubler
Matthew Gray Gubleris an American actor, director, fashion model and painter. He is best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show Criminal Minds, of which he has also directed nine episodes. Gubler has appeared in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,Days of Summer, Life After Beth, Suburban Gothic, and as the voice of Simon in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its four sequels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth9 March 1980
CountryUnited States of America
I looked like a 'Super Mario Bros.' Goomba. It's arguably the ugliest haircut on the planet.
I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.
My dream is to make the world's scariest PG movie. Because I feel that if you can do that, then you've done something special.
My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately.
I've always been a horror fan! Ever since I can vastly remember, and I think it's because I was so terrified of monsters and ghosts as a kid that I had to sleep in front of my parents room until I was 12.
I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics.
France has given us the best filmmakers and food.
I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break.
I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that.
A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship.
What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.
I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.
I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in film school I acted in probably 6,000 student films because no other filmmakers knew anyone who wanted to act. It was all a big beautiful snake eating its tail, progressing along the way.
It'd be cool to chipmunk-ize 'The Virgin Suicides' soundtrack. All this ethereal French music, I think that would be unique to listen to.