Luis Guzmán reveals why he lives far away from Hollywood: 'I'm lucky to be here' Wesley StenzelOctober 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM 0 Albert L. Ortega/Getty Luis Guzmán at the 'Wednesday' premiere in Los Angeles in 2022 Luis Guzmán doesn't need the glitz and the glamor of Hollywood.
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Wesley StenzelOctober 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Luis Guzmán at the 'Wednesday' premiere in Los Angeles in 2022
Luis Guzmán doesn't need the glitz and the glamor of Hollywood.
The Wednesday star reflected on moving to Vermont in an interview with NBC affiliate WPTZ.
"I'm lucky to be here," he said 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."
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Luis Guzmán at a 'Boogie Nights' screening in New York City in 1997
Guzmán lives in Cabot, a town with fewer than 1,500 residents in the northeastern part of the state. He first visited Vermont in 1974 while 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," the actor explained.
The Boogie Nights star previously recalled that first visit in an interview with VTDigger in 2020.
"It gave me a different perspective on life and humanity," Guzmán said. "I discovered a new sense of freedom when I came up here. 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 called the state, where he permanently moved in 1995, "one of the safest places in the world to be" during the COVID-19 pandemic and said that his neighbors seldom invade his privacy.
"Being Luis Guzmán and people knowing who you are, it's a little different for me," he told VTDigger. "For the most part, I find people in Vermont to be pretty respectful."
However, he also conceded that "property taxes up here suck" and said his children have experienced difficulties due to their Puerto Rican heritage.
"There are some places here that really don't know how to embrace, how to accept, how to understand people of color," Guzman said. "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."
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Luis Guzmán in Austin in 2023
Guzmán told Vulture that his Vermont property includes a farm in 2010.
"I do lamb, I do chickens, and I've got a bunch of horses," he said. "I ride horses, man. I'm the Puerto Rican land baron of Vermont. I got, like, 700 acres of land, dude."
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In 2023, the Magnolia star won $30,000 on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and opted to donate his winnings to Neighbors in Action, a nonprofit that provides meals and assistance to residents of Cabot and neighboring town Lyndonville. The organization was particularly instrumental following the deadly floods that struck Vermont in July 2023.
"This organization really stepped up for all the people here in town," Guzmán said of the nonprofit in his interview 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."
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