I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
STEVE MARTINThere’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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Always 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.
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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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Acting 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.
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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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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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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 guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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