It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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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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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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 love money. I love everything about it.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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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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