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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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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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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It seems like the studios are either making giant blockbusters, or really super-small indies. And the mid-level films I grew up on, like 'Back to the Future' and all those John Hughes movies, the studios aren't doing. It's hard to get them on their feet.
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I didn't need to get knocked down to know the fortitude that I have in me.
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I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.
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With any long-term relationship, you have good days and bad days.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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I have a memory of listening to Tracy Chapman and just being intrigued by her voice. Even as a young girl, I wanted to know more about her and her story. I felt I was learning about her through her music. That was a revelation to me.
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The things we always disengage with are one-sided stories or one-sided characters. They're very boring. When you feel like you're being hit over the head, you disengage.
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When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.
