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title: "5 Animated Quotes By Steve Martin"
description: "5 Animated quotes by Steve Martin. Plus more from Steve Martin and more Animated sayings from other authors."
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> [So much emotion can be brought in an animated film that's very hard to get in a live-action film. I haven't quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/so-much-emotion-can-be-brought-in-an-animated-film-that-s-very-hard/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/steve-martin-593_action_so-much-emotion-can-be-brought-in-an-ani_541762.jpg)

> [I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-love-animated-films-when-they-are-good-because-they-do-bring-a-lot/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/steve-martin-593_action_i-love-animated-films-when-they-are-good_2140939.jpg)

> [I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-do-think-that-animated-films-have-the-ability-to-touch-you/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/steve-martin-593_ability_i-do-think-that-animated-films-have-the_2852817.jpg)

> [I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-find-animated-movies-very-touching-they-reach-an-audience-that-s/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/steve-martin-593_action_i-find-animated-movies-very-touching-the_2853694.jpg)

> [I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-really-like-the-animated-film-process-it-s-kind-of-like-doing-a/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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## More by Steve Martin

> [“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/people-in-coats-and-ties-were-milling-around-the-talley-gallery-and/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/writing-is-something-i-took-up-rather-than-anything-i-had-an/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-was-easy-to-be-great-every-entertainer-has-a-night-when-everything/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-like-a-woman-with-a-head-on-her-shoulders-i-hate-necks/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/and-after-his-unparsable-response-including-a-passage-where-he-said/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-have-no-fear-no-fear-at-all-i-wake-up-and-i-have-no-fear-i-go-to/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“Be undeniably good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/be-undeniably-good/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-finally-retire-i-just-want-to-go-away-so-no-one-has-to-listen/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/only-then-does-he-realize-what-he-has-done-to-mirabelle-how-wanting-a/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/lacey-was-just-as-happy-alone-as-with-company-when-she-was-alone-she/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-comedy-i-didn-t-know-what-a-joke/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-cannot-make-your-opportunities-concur-with-the-opportunities-of/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [The lure in art collecting and its financial rewards, not counting for a moment its aesthetic, cultural and intellectual rewards, is like the trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-lure-in-art-collecting-and-its-financial-rewards-not-counting-for/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/my-most-persistent-memory-of-stand-up-is-of-my-mouth-being-in-the/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

> [What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/what-i-mean-is-that-none-of-my-talents-had-a-what-s-that-great-word/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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