Steve Martin Quotes about Funny - Page 2

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

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.

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

A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.

These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.

I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

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

The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

The operation was a success, but I'm afraid the doctor is dead.

You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

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

I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian.

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it - The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.