Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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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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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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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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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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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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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’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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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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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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