You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
STEVE MARTINYou 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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 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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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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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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 love money. I love everything about it.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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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 believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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