Chaos 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
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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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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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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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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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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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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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 will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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