Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINThe greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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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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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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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 started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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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