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 Copy Share Image
To me, torture would be, "I can't think what to write in the next sentence. I'm stuck." Torture would be if you… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
In talking to girls I could never remember the right sequence of things to say. I'd meet a girl and say, Hi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I choose a project based on whether it feels worthwhile working on when it comes to me. But secondly I choose it… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The only thing that bothers me is if I'm in a restaurant and I'm eating and someone says, 'Hey, mind if I… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
It's funny that some ideas start with a little "What if?" and then suddenly you're spending a million dollars to shoot the… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
If you're studying Geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but Philosophy… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I studied with the Maharishi for many years, and really didn't learn that much. But one thing that he taught me, I'll… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
When you're touring and if you go to a party, there's automatically a celebrity-audience distance. It follows you around, especially when you're… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I don't have a job, so I have a lot of time on my hands. When I do… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I try not to think about legacy because it is all folly. If you study history, even recent history, you'll find many… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
