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.
STEVE MARTINThere’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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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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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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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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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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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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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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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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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 nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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