People Quotes by Steve Martin

Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.

— Steve Martin

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

— Steve Martin

How many people have never raised their hand before?

— Steve Martin

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

— Steve Martin

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

— Steve Martin

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

— Steve Martin

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

— Steve Martin

The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling…

— Steve Martin

I'm not Vegas. Places I play usually cost like $3 to get in, you know, and people are going: Gee, I've got…

— Steve Martin

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I wont stand…

— Steve Martin

People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.

— Steve Martin

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding…

— Steve Martin

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

— Steve Martin

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

— Steve Martin

As a human being on Earth, you can't imagine friendship not being important in some other solar system or some other planet,…

— Steve Martin

L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in…

— Steve Martin

I'm 48. For a while after 'The Jerk' (movie) I had a feeling of failure. I was a little scared. First people…

— Steve Martin

It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to…

— Steve Martin

When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody…

— Steve Martin

I always think back to my high school days and realize all the people who were so popular then are nowhere now…

— Steve Martin

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in…

— Steve Martin

Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes…

— 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

But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way: 1) Babies are illogical. 2) Nobody is…

— Steve Martin

Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them…

— Steve Martin

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

I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you…

— Steve Martin

Now let's repeat the non-conformists' oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things…

— Steve Martin

I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good…

— Steve Martin

There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and…

— Steve Martin

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and…

— Steve Martin

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations…

— Steve Martin

I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around…

— Steve Martin

Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other…

— Steve Martin

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for…

— Steve Martin

If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are…

— Steve Martin

I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that…

— Steve Martin

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…

— Steve Martin

Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it…

— Steve Martin

I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is…

— Steve Martin