I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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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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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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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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.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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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!
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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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I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
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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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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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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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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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