Steve Martin Quotes
I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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Life is our dictionary.
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When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
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Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.
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One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.
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I can cry like Roger. It's just a shame I can't play like him.
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My very first professional job was a cartoon, doing voices for the Mr. T cartoon in high school.
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Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.
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I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.
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Where music leads, I follow.
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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better.
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If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.
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I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.
