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.
STEVE MARTINActing 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.
STEVE MARTINYou 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.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTINA father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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 MARTINI have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
STEVE MARTINI started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
STEVE MARTINYou can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
STEVE MARTINNo art comes from the conscious mind.
STEVE MARTINThe conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
STEVE MARTINBoy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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 MARTINThe banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
STEVE MARTINWhen I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
STEVE MARTINChaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTINYou know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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