Steve Martin Quotes

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Steve Martin

Profession : Comedian

Birth : August 14, 1945

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice.

Steve Martin

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.

Steve Martin

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

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I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?

Steve Martin

Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.

Steve Martin

The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.

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Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.

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I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way.

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I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.

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Love is a promise delivered already broken.

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Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.

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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.

Steve Martin

I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in high school and we would just laugh all day and put on skits. You know, it's the Andy Kaufman thing or the Marty Short thing where you're performing in your bedroom for yourself.

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An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

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When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.

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I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

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Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.

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I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.

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I first thought maybe I'd do a banjo presentation record, where I'd play a couple of songs and get a bunch of other players to do the rest. Then I realized I had enough of my own songs to do an album of them.

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Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

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