I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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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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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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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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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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