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.
STEVE MARTINI will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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Now 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!
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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.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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