Martin Short Quotes

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Martin Short

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 26, 1950

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.

Martin Short

Comedy is a weird thing.

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The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?

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'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.

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All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

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I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

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My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.

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Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.

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Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

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No one is any one thing.

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I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.

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My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

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What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.

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What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

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One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

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You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

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You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

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Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.

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I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

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I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

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