Daniel Stern says he hasn’t watched Home Alone since the premiere

Alone at home actor Daniel Stern says that despite the film’s continued popularity, he has only seen it in its entirety once: at its 1990 premiere.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Stern — who played one half of the “Wet Bandits” in the film — said, “I’ve seen clips. I’ve seen it pop up. Or like, they have highlights when you turn around on TV “I turn on the TV and I fall on the toy or something.”

“But yeah, I mean, what, do I have to bend down and look at me?” Stern, 67, continued. “I love the movie. It’s great. I know the script inside out.”

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In recent years, Stern has traded his former Wet Bandit identity for something much more appropriate to his life today—as a citrus and cattle farmer and an artist who creates sculptures out of bronze.

As he explained to PEOPLE, Stern’s relationship with his films is similar to that of his sculptures—once they’re done, it’s time to move on.

“When I’m done with them, they’re not dead … Creatively, they’re done,” Stern said. “I’ve got to go to the next one. My head is all over the next thing I’m doing. And when the movie comes out, it’s been a year and it’s amazing, but I don’t want to go back, I shot I know it was good.”

As he explained to PEOPLE, Stern’s decision to buy a ranch and start “stepping away” from the public eye was a way to disconnect from the “overwhelming” reality of being a big star.

“I made enough money that I didn’t have to work,” he said. “I made enough money and I’m kind of thrifty … I bought the house in cash. I bought the cars in cash. I bought everything straight up because as an artist I never knew if (I) would make more bread And I told my wife: ‘How much money should I (store) in the bank so that we can live off the interest and so that I don’t have to work?’ She said, ‘We hit it.’ It was like, ‘Okay, Dan, now you want to put your money where your mouth is’ … ‘What am I going to do with it?’ “