Steve Martin Quotes

Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

Steve Martin

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• I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • People
  • World
  • Day

• Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.

  

  Florenz Ziegfeld
  • Great
  • Money
  • Why

• Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Funny
  • Weird
  • Awkward

• I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Why
  • Girl
  • Funny

• I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Up
  • History
  • Funny

• Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till 32 or 34 with same fitness and without injuries, he will come to a point where not even Vivian Richards neither Sachin Tendulkar had such a record.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Talent
  • Same
  • Fitness

• The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Funny

• Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more aware of my body. Since I've chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-I've been used to it for years, so it's no problem. And there's nothing I can't do.

  

  Dana Hill
  • Bad
  • Career
  • Funny

• It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Way
  • Funny
  • Actor

• It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Long
  • Black
  • Small

• On my Youtube page there are so many haters. They just say crazy stuff. Like, I'm not mad. I'm 16 years old and I don't have chest hair and I'm not angry about it at the moment. That will come. People are like, 'Look at him he puts helium in his voice before he sings.' You just have to laugh at yourself. It's funny.

  

  Justin Bieber
  • People
  • Funny
  • Crazy

• I did musicals. It's funny, because I can hide behind a character and a voice, but when I have to bring myself and my own voice to it, it's very nerve-wracking.

  

  Ashleigh Murray
  • Character
  • Funny

• It's funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didn't plan out any huge career for myself.

  

  Benicio Del Toro
  • Life
  • Career
  • Funny

• I know how to be funny to black audiences.

  

  Brandon T. Jackson
  • Black
  • Funny

• I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.

  

  Dav Pilkey
  • Funny

• The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks.

  

  Joel Edgerton
  • Funny

• The biggest problem of all is that it's very difficult to tell my daughter, 'Swearing is not clever or funny,' because I earn a living by swearing.

  

  Peter Capaldi
  • Funny
  • Daughter
  • Clever

• I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

  

  Joseph Barbera

• If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone declaring themselves a 'God-fearing Christian' or a 'Man of the people.'

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • God
  • Man

• I don't think I really knew I was going to be a rapper until sixth grade. Even then, it was still kind of - I was in sixth grade. I was always saying I was going to become a rapper.

  

  Chance The Rapper

• Every great brand is like a great story.

  

  Kevin Plank
  • Great

• Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Problems
  • Security
  • Computers

• Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Funny
  • inspirational
  • Talent