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.
STEVE MARTINAlways 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.
STEVE MARTINThe banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
STEVE MARTINI started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
STEVE MARTINYou 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.
STEVE MARTINChaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTINHow to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
STEVE MARTINDon’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
STEVE MARTINNow 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!
STEVE MARTINActing 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 MARTINSome people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
STEVE MARTINI thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
STEVE MARTINI believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
STEVE MARTINIt’s pain that changes our lives.
STEVE MARTINYou can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
STEVE MARTINIt’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
STEVE MARTINNo art comes from the conscious mind.
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