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.
STEVE MARTINI thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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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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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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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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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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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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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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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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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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