Steve Martin Quotes
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I don't watch myself generÂally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.
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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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These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.
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The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
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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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It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.
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Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.
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I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.
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The streets of L.A. undulate over short hills as though a finger is poking the landscape from underneath ... laid over this crosshatch are streets meandering on the diagonal creating a multitude of ways to get from one place to another by traveling along the hypotenuse. These are the avenues of the tryst which enable Acting Student A to travel the eighteen miles across town to Acting Student B's garage apartment in nine minutes flat after a hot-blooded phone call at midnight.
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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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Love is a promise delivered already broken.
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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 just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.
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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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I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
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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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She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.
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They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.
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It's pain that changes our lives.
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I've decided to take up smoking, my doctor said I wasn't getting enough tar.
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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.
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I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.
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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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I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.