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 MARTINActing 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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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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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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 really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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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 pain that changes our lives.
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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 guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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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 started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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