Steve Martin Quotes
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what he was doing; he probably figured that if I had got money back in them days, I wouldn't be here now. That's okay. I'm here. And I'm still singing the song.
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I went over to shoot for six days. It turned out to be ten days, very nicely so. A little money.
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I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long process.
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I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.
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Mormonism, it seems to me, is-objectively-just a little more idiotic than Christianity is. It has to be: because it is Christianity plus some very stupid ideas.
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The Outsider is always unhappy, but he is an agent that ensures the happiness for millions of 'Insiders'.
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I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.
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I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-off if someone's trying hard to be funny because it feels like they're auditioning for a comedy job or something. It doesn't feel romantic to me. I get so much comedy from my life that, from a guy, I'm more looking for something sweet or romantic.
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Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.
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If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.
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Humans have a lot of pro-social tendencies.
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I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!
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First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.
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History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again.
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In the long run, no nation can prosper unless the world prospers.
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When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.
