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.
STEVE MARTINActing 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
-
-
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
STEVE MARTIN -
It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
STEVE MARTIN -
I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
STEVE MARTIN -
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 MARTIN -
I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
STEVE MARTIN -
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
STEVE MARTIN -
I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
STEVE MARTIN -
No art comes from the conscious mind.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
STEVE MARTIN -
A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
STEVE MARTIN -
There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
STEVE MARTIN -
I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
STEVE MARTIN -
There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
STEVE MARTIN -
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
STEVE MARTIN -
I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
STEVE MARTIN -
Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
STEVE MARTIN -
The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
STEVE MARTIN -
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
STEVE MARTIN -
I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
STEVE MARTIN