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.
STEVE MARTINI started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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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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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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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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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
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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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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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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 really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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