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title: "27 Way Quotes By Steve Martin"
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> [When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-you-re-reaching-for-a-star-there-s-a-long-way-to-fall/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-a-mystery-to-me-the-way-that-contemporary-art-galleries-function/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/some-people-have-a-way-with-words-and-other-people-oh-uh-not-have-way/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-your-hobbies-get-in-the-way-of-your-work-that-s-ok-but-when-your/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/there-s-no-better-way-to-learn-something-than-to-learn-it-in-front-of/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/theories-for-me-are-just-about-freeing-your-mind-it-doesn-t-mean-the/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/performing-music-is-a-way-to-do-comedy-but-without-the-obligation-to/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-have-thought-about-some-kind-of-musical-involving-my-music-that/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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/)

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> [Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/before-you-criticize-a-man-walk-a-mile-in-his-shoes-that-way-when-you/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-love-technology-and-i-love-science-it-s-just-always-all-in-the-way/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/no-matter-how-many-times-people-say-it-oh-i-m-just-writing-this-for/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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/)

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> [Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/bad-psychoanalysis-would-say-i-enjoyed-pleasing-people-working-really/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/if-you-saw-her-in-these-moments-you-might-think-she-was-collecting/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-thing-about-the-banjo-is-when-you-first-hear-it-it-strikes-many-2/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-would-get-records-by-earl-scruggs-i-would-tune-my-banjo-down-and-i/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-loved-to-make-people-laugh-in-high-school-and-then-i-found-i-loved/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-you-re-touring-and-if-you-go-to-a-party-there-s-automatically-a/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way: 1) Babies are illogical. 2) Nobody is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/but-carroll-s-were-more-convoluted-and-they-struck-me-as-funny-in-a/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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/)

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> [The streets of L.A. undulate over short hills as though a finger is poking the landscape from underneath ... laid over this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-streets-of-l-a-undulate-over-short-hills-as-though-a-finger-is/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/everything-is-fraught-with-danger-i-love-technology-and-i-love/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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