It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
STEVE MARTINHow to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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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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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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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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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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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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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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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