Humor Quotes by Steve Martin

I think communication is so firsbern.

— Steve Martin

Comedy is not pretty.

— Steve Martin

You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.

— Steve Martin

Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.

— Steve Martin

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

— Steve Martin

With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.

— Steve Martin

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke

— Steve Martin

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

— Steve Martin

I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.

— Steve Martin

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

— Steve Martin

Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.

— Steve Martin

I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87.

— Steve Martin

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

— Steve Martin

Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes.

— Steve Martin

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile…

— Steve Martin

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

— Steve Martin

In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand…

— Steve Martin

When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it…

— Steve Martin

Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what…

— 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,…

— Steve Martin

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a…

— Steve Martin

So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if…

— Steve Martin

When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to…

— Steve Martin

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved…

— Steve Martin

With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you…

— Steve Martin

“Let's suppose that you want to say, "I am a jerk." IN the 18th century, you would have to go around person…

— Steve Martin

I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where…

— Steve Martin

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,…

— Steve Martin

It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems…

— Steve Martin

These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.

— Steve Martin

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it - The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his…

— Steve Martin

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.

— Steve Martin

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.

— Steve Martin

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice.

— Steve Martin

A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness.

— Steve Martin

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

— Steve Martin

I love comedy. That's what got me into the arts. I don't even know how to categorize myself anymore.

— Steve Martin

I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.

— Steve Martin

I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.

— Steve Martin

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

— Steve Martin