Luis Guzmán spends his (boogie) nights on the east coast.
The actor, 69, opened up about relocating from Los Angeles to the small town of Cabot in Vermont.
“I’m lucky to be here,” Guzmán told WPTZ on Tuesday. “I’m lucky to have the neighbors that I have. I take a lot of pride in telling people that I live in Vermont.”
Cabot boasts less than 1,500 residents, with the “Wednesday” star first falling in love with the state in 1974.
Guzmán visited Vermont while he was working as a social worker on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
“That kind of became my connection to Vermont, and it was my escape from the city,” he confessed.
Guzmán opened up about his affection for the The Green Mountain State back in 2020, noting it gave him “a different perspective on life and humanity.”
“I discovered a new sense of freedom when I came up here,” the “Boogie Nights” alum said in an interview with VTDigger. “The fresh air, the vibe, growing your own food, solar energy. These guys were doing all that type of stuff. I was going to the quarry and swimming, and everybody was butt naked. Oh, hell, yeah!”
Guzmán made the move official in 1995.
The “Out of Sight” vet called Vermont “one of the safest places in the world to be” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guzmán’s neighbors have given him the privacy he craves, too.
“Being Luis Guzman and people knowing who you are, it’s a little different for me,” he explained to the outlet. “For the most part, I find people in Vermont to be pretty respectful.”
On the flip side, Guzmán noted that the “property taxes up here suck” and his kids have had some issues while living there.
“There are some places here that really don’t know how to embrace, how to accept, how to understand people of color,” he admitted. “I think my kids have had to deal with the most stuff like that here in Vermont, you know. It wasn’t, like, all the time, but it was enough times.”
In 2010, Guzmán told Vulture he has a farm on his property.
“I do lamb, I do chickens, and I’ve got a bunch of horses,” he shared. “I ride horses, man. I’m the Puerto Rican land baron of Vermont. I got, like, 700 acres of land, dude.”
Over the years, Guzmán has given back to his community. After winning $30,000 on “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” in 2023, the “Magnolia” star donated his earnings to Neighbors in Action.
The nonprofit provides meals for residents of Cabot and Lyndonville, Vermont.
That year, deadly floods wreaked havoc on the state in July.
“This organization really stepped up for all the people here in town,” Guzmán detailed while talking with WPTZ. “We all give. We all give our time, people here show up every day. This is not about me. This is about community, and I’m just another piece in this community.”
Despite opting for a different pace of life, the Hollywood vet has had a successful career.
Guzmán was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for the 1997 comedy drama “Boogie Nights” and the 1999 film “Magnolia.”
In 2001, he won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for “Traffic.”
Now, Guzmán is still in the spotlight, starring as Gomez Adams in the hit Netflix horror series, “Wednesday.”
But while partaking in an August interview alongside his fellow “Wednesday” cast members, Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers and Joy Sunday, Guzmán shaded another former co-star.
During a game on “Hot Ones Versus,” the Vermont resident described his previous collaborators in one word.
When it came to Jennifer Lopez, 56, he merely stated, “Okay.”
The pair starred in the 1998 crime comedy “Out of Sight” together.
Guzmán’s response caught his current co-stars off-guard.
Sunday, 29, looked shocked while Myers, 23, stifled a laugh. Ortega, 23, giggled before closing her eyes and slightly shaking her head.
Guzmán’s other answers were much tamer.
For Adam Sandler, the star replied, “Amazing,” while he said “bellissima” about his on-screen wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Rounding out the touching compliments, he called Ortega a “prodigy.”
“I love you,” she responded.
“Out of Sight” followed successful bank robber Jack Foley (George Clooney), who breaks out of jail and falls for a Federal Marshal named Karen Sisco (Lopez).
Guzmán portrayed Chino in the movie.
But for the actor, these days he’s taken on a role with a deeper message.
“Being weird is absolutely beautiful,” Guzmán said on “Good Morning America” in August about playing Gomez on “Wednesday.”
“So many people want to fit in and you don’t have to figure it out. Just be who you are, and love yourself and weird is okay.”
