I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
STEVE MARTINDespite 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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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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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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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes.
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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