Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINDinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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