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.
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!
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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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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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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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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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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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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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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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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 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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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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