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 MARTINI really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
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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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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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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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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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Some 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.
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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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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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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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