The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
STEVE MARTINThe greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
STEVE MARTINI have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
STEVE MARTINSome people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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.
STEVE MARTINI believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINI started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
STEVE MARTINDon’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
STEVE MARTINI’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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 MARTINThere’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
STEVE MARTINIt’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
STEVE MARTINDinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
STEVE MARTINIt’s pain that changes our lives.
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 MARTINThe conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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