Acting 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 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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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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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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