The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
STEVE MARTINActing 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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