Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINAlways make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINAlways 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.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINYou 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.
STEVE MARTINI believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
STEVE MARTINThere’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
STEVE MARTINWhen I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
STEVE MARTINSome 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.
STEVE MARTINNo art comes from the conscious mind.
STEVE MARTINI thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
STEVE MARTINI was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
STEVE MARTINI have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
STEVE MARTINI love money. I love everything about it.
STEVE MARTINYou know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
STEVE MARTINActing 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.
STEVE MARTINWith 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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