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 MARTINThere is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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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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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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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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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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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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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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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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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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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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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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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