First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
STEVE MARTINThere’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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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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