Steve Martin Quotes
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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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Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."
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I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.
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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.
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The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.
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I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town.
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I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in general that songs can be narrative without having a story.
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To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.
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I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.
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I thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.
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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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I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
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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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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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I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.
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When someone less capable is ahead of me, I am not pleased. It makes me insane.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.
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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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When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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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.
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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.’
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Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.
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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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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.