Steve Martin Quotes
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Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
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When someone less capable is ahead of me, I am not pleased. It makes me insane.
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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.
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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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Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
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I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.
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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!
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The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.
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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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I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.
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It's pain that changes our lives.
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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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So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.
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Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.
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I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.
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Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.
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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 love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.
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It's so hard to believe in anything anymore, you know what I mean? It's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, 'cause it seems so mythological, and seems so arbitrary; and then on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism, and by virtue of its method, it excludes metaphysics. I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.
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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 actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.
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She tried to get even with him through psychological warfare but couldn't, because he didn't care.
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Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!