--- title: "25 Knows Quotes By Steve Martin" description: "25 Knows quotes by Steve Martin. Plus more from Steve Martin and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/steve-martin-593_comedian_i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they_1933452.jpg" --- > [I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they-were-or-they-weren-t-from-you/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/steve-martin-593_comedian_i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they_1933452.jpg) > [You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unless-you-live-in-a-house-with/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/steve-martin-593_bigs_you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unl_2024181.jpg) > [It's not what you know, it's what you think you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-think-you-know/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/steve-martin-593_abiding_it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-thi_459771.jpg) > [I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-it-because-i-was-so-happy-all/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/steve-martin-593_funny_i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-i_2734455.jpg) > [I'm not Vegas. Places I play usually cost like $3 to get in, you know, and people are going: Gee, I've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-m-not-vegas-places-i-play-usually-cost-like-3-to-get-in-you-know/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/steve-martin-593_cost_i-m-not-vegas-places-i-play-usually-cost_1823456.jpg) > [With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/with-comedy-you-never-know-until-you-put-it-in-front-of-an-audience/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/steve-martin-593_audience_with-comedy-you-never-know-until-you-put_615648.jpg) > [Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/whether-i-m-involved-in-creating-something-or-not-it-s-a-personal/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/steve-martin-593_creating_whether-i-m-involved-in-creating-somethi_1640599.jpg) > [People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/people-come-up-to-me-and-say-steve-what-is-film-editing-and-i-say-how/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/steve-martin-593_cinema_people-come-up-to-me-and-say-steve-what_2706443.jpg) > [ You have to get comfortable \[with your work\], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-have-to-get-comfortable-with-your-work-you-really-have-to-know/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/steve-martin-593_able_you-have-to-get-comfortable-with-your-wo_1386372.jpg) > [It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-eventually-appeared-to-be-me-cinematically-when-i-was-writing-it-i/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/steve-martin-593_book_it-eventually-appeared-to-be-me-cinemati_2068113.jpg) > [I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-cringe-at-backstory-because-it-never-quite-explains-or-gets-into-2/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/steve-martin-593_cringe_i-cringe-at-backstory-because-it-never-q_3132622.jpg) > [Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/any-type-of-humor-can-be-transferred-to-the-screen-as-long-as-there-s/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/steve-martin-593_audience_any-type-of-humor-can-be-transferred-to_2888237.jpg) > [I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-think-films-are-about-having-a-good-time-so-i-don-t-know-that-there/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/steve-martin-593_audience_i-think-films-are-about-having-a-good-ti_775921.jpg) > [At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/steve-martin-593_adjusting_at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-come_81155.jpg) > [When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-first-started-doing-my-stand-up-act-i-played-the-banjo-did/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/steve-martin-593_banjos_when-i-first-started-doing-my-stand-up-a_1090022.jpg) > [I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-like-what-a-third-man-brings-a-kind-of-oblique-vision-seeing/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/steve-martin-593_audience_i-like-what-a-third-man-brings-a-kind-of_2965766.jpg) > [You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, "Steve, how can you be so fucking funny?" There's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-know-a-lot-of-people-come-to-me-and-they-say-steve-how-can-you-be/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d95/steve-martin-593_big-deal_you-know-a-lot-of-people-come-to-me-and_1342990.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) > [It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-very-hard-sometimes-when-you-can-t-crack-something-or-can-t/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/steve-martin-593_bits_it-s-very-hard-sometimes-when-you-can-t_1706556.jpg) > [In a strange way, I don't have a job, so I have a lot of time on my hands. When I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/in-a-strange-way-i-don-t-have-a-job-so-i-have-a-lot-of-time-on-my/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/steve-martin-593_banjos_in-a-strange-way-i-don-t-have-a-job-so-i_2176784.jpg) > [The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-teen-years-are-extremely-serious-and-everything-matters-and-every/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/steve-martin-593_bullying_the-teen-years-are-extremely-serious-and_2415459.jpg) > [Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/acting-keeps-me-alert-to-people-and-life-i-don-t-know-there-s/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/steve-martin-593_acting_acting-keeps-me-alert-to-people-and-life_2829380.jpg) > [You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-know-when-you-re-telling-these-little-stories-here-s-a-good-idea/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/steve-martin-593_automobile_you-know-when-you-re-telling-these-littl_1934493.jpg) > [You know, there's a moment when you're famous when it's unbearable to go out because you're too famous. And then there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-know-there-s-a-moment-when-you-re-famous-when-it-s-unbearable-to/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/steve-martin-593_fame_you-know-there-s-a-moment-when-you-re-fa_1389746.jpg) > [I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-in-show-business-so-i-took-the-path-of-least/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/steve-martin-593_business_i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-in-show-business-s_403824.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/steve-martin/#itemlist", "name": "25 Knows Quotes By Steve Martin", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they-were-or-they-weren-t-from-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/steve-martin-593_comedian_i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they_1933452.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/steve-martin-593_comedian_i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they_1933452.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/steve-martin-593_comedian_i-just-respected-comedians-whether-they_1933452.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unless-you-live-in-a-house-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/steve-martin-593_bigs_you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unl_2024181.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/steve-martin-593_bigs_you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unl_2024181.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/steve-martin-593_bigs_you-know-you-re-really-nobody-in-l-a-unl_2024181.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not what you know, it's what you think you know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-think-you-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/steve-martin-593_abiding_it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-thi_459771.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/steve-martin-593_abiding_it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-thi_459771.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/steve-martin-593_abiding_it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-what-you-thi_459771.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not what you know, it's what you think you know.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-it-because-i-was-so-happy-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/steve-martin-593_funny_i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-i_2734455.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/steve-martin-593_funny_i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-i_2734455.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/steve-martin-593_funny_i-was-deeply-unhappy-but-i-didn-t-know-i_2734455.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not Vegas. 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