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 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 MARTINThe greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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 MARTINThere’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
STEVE MARTINChaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTINI will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
STEVE MARTINBe so good they can’t ignore you.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINIt’s pain that changes our lives.
STEVE MARTINActing 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.
STEVE MARTINNow 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!
STEVE MARTINAlways make room for the unexpected in yourself.
STEVE MARTINI believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
STEVE MARTINWriter’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
STEVE MARTINI could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
STEVE MARTINDespite 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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