The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
STEVE MARTINAll I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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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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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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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.
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The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
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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 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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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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