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I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.
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I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
Steve Martin
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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?
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
Steve Martin -
A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.
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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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A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred.
Steve Martin -
Yeah, well, we're all writers, aren't we? He's a writer that hasn't been published, and I'm a writer who hasn't written anything.
Steve Martin
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.
Steve Martin -
You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!
Steve Martin -
I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.
Steve Martin -
Kids like my act because I'm wearing nose glasses. Adults like my act because there's a guy who thinks putting on nose glasses is funny.
Steve Martin
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I will do anything to look like him - except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.
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The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.
Steve Martin -
I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.
Steve Martin -
I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.
Steve Martin -
I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.
Steve Martin
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Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties.
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Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.
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Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built.
Steve Martin -
I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.
Steve Martin