Matthew did a radio interview with Marc, John Lopez and John McClain from Sports 610 Radio. They discuss the difference between his role from “Criminal Minds” to “500 Days of Summer”, his birthday and turning 30, the real meaning behind the length of his hair, favorite episodes and more:

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What’s one way to cope with directing withdrawal? Chop off your hair.

That’s what Matthew Gray Gubler did.

“When it ended, I was so distraught, like, ‘Oh no! What do I do?’ … I was so bored. I just flipped out and cut my damn hair! I did it with, like, a hunting knife. It was bad,” the Criminal Minds star tells TVGuide.com. “I looked like a Super Mario Bros. Goomba. It’s arguably the ugliest haircut on the planet.”

Unfortunately, no one will get to see the result of his raw barber skills as his ‘do was “shaped up” at work. But fans will get to see Gubler’s other skills — and the realization of his lifelong dream — Wednesday: his directorial debut on the hit series (9/8c, CBS). “I hate to take credit, but it turned out to be something I’m very proud of,” he says. “If there’s one thing I’m good at, I would hope to God it’s directing because I know that I’ve spent pretty much the last 28 years of my life preparing for that!”

Though he’s best known for playing Dr. Spencer Reid on the crime serial, Gubler, who turns 30 on March 9, aspired to be a filmmaker and boasts a degree in film directing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Following graduation, he “accidentally got sideswiped” into acting after a role in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou by Wes Anderson, for whom he was interning at the time. Then came Minds in 2005, followed by “tons of flak” from friends for having chosen acting over filmmaking.

“I feel like I finally got my last laugh. Those five years have trained me so well — being able to communicate with and understand actors, which I really didn’t learn in school. I wasn’t nervous directing [my co-stars] since we’re like family now,” Gubler says. “I’ve always really felt bizarrely — not out of place — but confused that I’m on a hit show, getting a lot of work as an actor and having a great time, but it never made sense to me because I’ve always felt like my true calling was being a filmmaker. I’ve realized now that it was all just leading up to this moment.”

A former child magician and a sketch artist, Gubler — who has directed music videos and makes a series of online satirical videos about his life — says he has always loved entertaining. His creative pursuits have been on the show before — he’s done magic in episodes, and his own sketch of Nathan Harris (Anton Yelchin) was used in Season 2’s “Sex, Birth and Death” (after, on Mandy Patinkin’s suggestion, he ripped up the prop department’s “horribly accurate, perfect tracing of Anton’s face,” he laughs). He made his directing ambitions known, but it wasn’t until the end of Season 4 that Gubler approached executive producer/showrunner Ed Bernero about finally stepping behind the camera. “Ed goes, ‘You’re ready. All you had to do was ask,’” Gubler says. “He’s been very encouraging of my art and all the things I’ve made.”

Titled “Mosley Lane,” Gubler’s episode finds the BAU team trailing a child abductor — “a modern-day Hansel and Gretel dark fairy tale,” he calls it. A fan of the German expressionist film movement, during which films featured moody perspectives from the victims, Gubler employed the same tactic, using a young girl to give viewers a childlike look into “this eerily magical environment.” He took a more straightforward approach, however, when showcasing the unsubs, whom he classifies as “entirely non-sympathetic.”

“What appealed to me as a director is that these people are bad. When we look at them, we know immediately,” he says. “Bad guys being bad and good guys being good is what drama at its core is. It lets the creepiness be creepy. There’s not a drop of blood [in the episode] but it will creep you out. Some of it is in a crematorium. I found a three-story Victorian mansion that looks like it’s straight out of a Charles Addams cartoon. … I was amazed at the amount of creative freedom TV directors get if they want it — stuff that I didn’t know you get to do, but you can if you want to, and I wanted to. The most fun was picking out the details, picking out the syringe, the purse the woman has.”

Gubler was equally hands-on in securing the guest stars — Brooke Smith, Bud Cort, Beth Grant, Ann Cusack, Toby Huss and a group of what he calls “the most talented kid actors today.”

Forest Whitaker to star in Criminal Minds spin-off

There’s an entirely new group of faces on the set lately. The series is currently shooting the backdoor pilot for a spin-off to be headlined by Forest Whitaker, which has “an amazing element of dark grunge,” Gubler says. “It’s like ‘Criminal Minds: Lower East Village.’”

As for the mothership, Gubler, whose screen time has been limited this season after he destroyed his knee dancing last spring (he can’t do anything but walk until October), senses another season-finale cliffhanger and maybe — hopefully — another stint in the director’s chair.

“It’s a scheduling thing … but I would love that. It was the greatest,” he says. “If given the choice, I would direct every episode of the show for free.”

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Here is a sneak peek of the “Criminal Minds” episode that Matthew directed. Make sure to tune into CBS this Wednesday, March 3rd, at 9PM EST to catch it! Afterwards, there will be a celebration party over at our forum ;D

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From TV Guide (January 25-31, 2010) Sweeps Preview Issue:

…But what he really wants to do is direct.

Matthew Gray Gubler (aka Dr. Spencer Reid) becomes the first costar to step behind the camera with the March 3 episode, one of three originals scheduled for sweeps. In Gubler’s big episode, the BAU tracks a family of killers who owns a crematorium. “I finally got the gumption [last season] to ask, ‘What do I have to do to prove that I’m ready to direct?’” says Gubler, who’s helmed short films and videos and shadowed exec producer Ed Bernero on a pilot. “My main concern will be creating suspense,” he says. As for his fellow actors, “I’d like them to let something new out.” If they don’t? Jokes Gubler, “I’m gonna fire a few and get rid of the deadweight.” But before he does, check out the February 3 installment, which guest stars Sex and the City’s David Eigenberg, and the February 10 episode, in which a serial killer terrorizes a small town. “It builds to a spectacular ending,” says exec producer Simon Mirren.

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Matthew made it out to the Golden Globes After-Party where he met up with his TV mother – Jane Lynch.
EDIT: More pictures have been added!
EDIT 2: Even more pictures added!

038 x Fox Golden Globes After-Party – January 17th

We have another Gube sighting. On January 9th, Matthew attended a Lukas Rossi concert at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA.
EDIT: I replaced the one image we had with a HQ version and added another one.

001 x Lukas Rossi Concert in Hollywood – 09 Jan 2010

Thanks Lindsay

Hey hey everyone!

I have a surprise. I’ve been working very hard on something – our new forum! It’s now up and running, and waiting for all of us. So, let’s get this going… please join, start mingling and spread the word. I’ll see ya there!

http://www.matthewgraygubler.org/forum

On January 1st, Matthew was spotted at the 100 Monkeys concert in Las Vegas, NV. Jessica C. was able to snap this picture of Mr. Gubler chatting with Jackson Rathbone:

001 x 100 Monkeys Concert at Beauty Bar in Las Vegas, NV – 01 Jan 2010

Btw, HAPPY 2010 EVERYONE! Hope your holidays were grand.

Matthew came in at the #1 spot on the ‘Hollywood Crush Top 10 Hotties of 2009′ !

1. “Criminal Minds” actor Matthew Gray Gubler

The “Criminal Minds” star returned as Simon in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” where he cracked the top three at the box office. Since we have a soft spot for guys who play nerds (Dr. Reid and Simon certainly qualify), which is why he made the top HDH for 2009. Let’s not forget he also had us swooning in “(500) Days of Summer.” “Criminal Minds” is sure to get juicier as the season continues so we wouldn’t want to miss a minute of it. And, he seemed pretty excited to come out on top. He simply told Crush of the honor: “Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!”

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It’s no surprise, I mean, check out his bubble beard look of 2009