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.
STEVE MARTINWhen I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
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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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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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