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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.

Steve Martin

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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Ability Element Natural Necessary Quality Yourself
All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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Honesty Myself Pay Work
I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Cook Fire Hairs Match Mischief Myself Start
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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Animal Funny Goodness Important Laughter Learning Myself Sex
Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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Boy Different Language Word
I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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Deep Emotion Happiness Myself Sad Time
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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Act Character Help Identify Life People True Understand Yourself
Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Choice People Way Word
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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Act Actor Collaboration Team Work Yourself
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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Business Happiness Person Surprise Try Yourself
I love money. I love everything about it.
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Love Money Myself One Liner
I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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Astrology Believe Luck Myself
You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Life Yourself
It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Philosophy Thinking Yourself
It’s pain that changes our lives.
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Change Live One Liner Ourselves Pain
How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Deep Hands People Question Voice

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