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.
STEVE MARTINBe so good they can’t ignore you.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
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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 could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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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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Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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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 believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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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 what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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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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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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