Steve Martin Quotes
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I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide whether it'll ever see the light of day. But at the moment of its writing, it's always meant to be something. So, to me, there's no practicing; there's only editing and publishing or not publishing.
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I am a wild and crazy guy!
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As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
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I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.
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The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.
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If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.
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I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.
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I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
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It's pain that changes our lives.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl's leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
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I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
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I'm not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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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 saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.
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I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
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I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.
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Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.
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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.
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If you're studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life.
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When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear…but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’