First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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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I love money. I love everything about it.
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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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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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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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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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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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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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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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