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.
STEVE MARTINIt’s pain that changes our lives.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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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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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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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 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 will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
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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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