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 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
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There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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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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