--- title: "17 Shows Quotes By Steve Martin" description: "17 Shows quotes by Steve Martin. Plus more from Steve Martin and more Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/steve-martin-593_acting_teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-bus_1169764.jpg" --- > [Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-business/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/steve-martin-593_acting_teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-bus_1169764.jpg) > [It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt-about-what-i-was-doing/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/steve-martin-593_doing_it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt_3119252.jpg) > [They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now-because-i-did-so-well-on/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/steve-martin-593_fame_they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now_1569446.jpg) > [In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/in-my-banjo-show-with-the-steep-canyon-rangers-i-do-do-comedy-during/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/steve-martin-593_absurd_in-my-banjo-show-with-the-steep-canyon-r_2207145.jpg) > [I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-did-a-lot-of-things-when-i-first-started-out-in-order-to-be-in-show/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/steve-martin-593_banjo_i-did-a-lot-of-things-when-i-first-start_2861321.jpg) > [I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-opened-the-show-with-this-line-i-have-decided-to-give-the-greatest/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/steve-martin-593_giving_i-opened-the-show-with-this-line-i-have_1919554.jpg) > [I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-can-understand-the-drug-thing-so-they-feel-that-it-s-more-important/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/steve-martin-593_drug_i-can-understand-the-drug-thing-so-they_821452.jpg) > [When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-was-in-college-i-was-debating-to-try-my-hand-at-show-business/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/steve-martin-593_actor_when-i-was-in-college-i-was-debating-to_3063758.jpg) > [I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-had-loved-magic-tricks-from-the-time-i-was-six-or-seven-i-bought/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/steve-martin-593_book_i-had-loved-magic-tricks-from-the-time-i_1904329.jpg) > [When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-people-ask-me-how-do-you-make-it-in-show-business-or-whatever/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/steve-martin-593_answers_when-people-ask-me-how-do-you-make-it-in_1131125.jpg) > [I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-just-wanted-to-be-in-show-business-i-didn-t-care-if-i-was-going-to/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/steve-martin-593_actor_i-just-wanted-to-be-in-show-business-i-d_478491.jpg) > [A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/a-friend-of-mine-once-asked-how-to-make-it-in-show-business-and-i/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/steve-martin-593_business_a-friend-of-mine-once-asked-how-to-make_419601.jpg) > [I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-think-probably-the-most-difficult-challenge-was-just-the-climb-and/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/steve-martin-593_be-kind_i-think-probably-the-most-difficult-chal_2969779.jpg) > [Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/well-today-the-grammys-is-much-much-better-than-the-oscars-i-think/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/steve-martin-593_better_well-today-the-grammys-is-much-much-bett_2796696.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) > [I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-in-comedy-but-the-path-of-least-resistance-was/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/steve-martin-593_auditions_i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-in-comedy-but-the_1342890.jpg) > [Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/be-undeniably-good-when-people-ask-me-how-do-you-make-it-in-show/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/steve-martin-593_agents_be-undeniably-good-when-people-ask-me-ho_1060026.jpg) ## Other authors on Shows ## 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/shows/steve-martin/#itemlist", "name": "17 Shows Quotes By Steve Martin", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-business/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/steve-martin-593_acting_teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-bus_1169764.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/steve-martin-593_acting_teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-bus_1169764.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/steve-martin-593_acting_teaching-is-after-all-a-form-of-show-bus_1169764.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt-about-what-i-was-doing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/steve-martin-593_doing_it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt_3119252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/steve-martin-593_doing_it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt_3119252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/steve-martin-593_doing_it-was-essential-that-i-never-show-doubt_3119252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now-because-i-did-so-well-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/steve-martin-593_fame_they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now_1569446.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/steve-martin-593_fame_they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now_1569446.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/steve-martin-593_fame_they-want-me-on-the-television-shows-now_1569446.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.” — Steve Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. 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