When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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.
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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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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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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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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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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