Steve Martin Quotes - Page 4

I think communication is so firsbern.

Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them & nobody ever takes note of it 'cause it's not the answer they wanted to hear-what they want to hear is here's how you get an agent, here's how you write a script, here's how you do this-but I always say, “Be so good they can't ignore you.” If somebody's thinking, “How can I be really good?” people are going to come to you. It's much easier doing it that way than going to cocktail parties.

All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.

The only thing that bothers me is if I'm in a restaurant and I'm eating and someone says, 'Hey, mind if I smoke?' I always say, 'No. Mind if I fart?

Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.

Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice.

[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could be dripped onto it causing its color and essence to become visible, it would take the shape of this sentence: Why does no one want me?

There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

You can't really conduct your life by one or two phrases.

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

You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

A kiss may not be the truth, but it is what we wish were true.

Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.

With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.

I never touched a gun in my life. That and that alone forever doomed me to middle management.

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.

I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.

I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.

I'm not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.