Steve Martin Quotes

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

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Funny, Humor

  Tags in Comedy

• Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Humor

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

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Humor

  Tags in Word

• I was not naturally talented. I didn’t sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Made, Working, Around, Talented, Detail

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

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Whatever, Bit

• When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would’ve had a chance. Because that’s where my real heart was.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Heart, Real

• What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats… or skinny.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Short, Star, Movie

• What I mean is that none of my talents had a – what’s that great word – rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer – there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I’m a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in God

  Tags in Great, Nothing

• Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Today, Better, Industry

• Tweeting is really only good for one thing – it’s just good for tweeting… It is rewarding, because it’s just its own reward. It’s sort of like heaven.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good, Heaven, Reward

• Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I’ve never played with a band. I’ve always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Experience, Life

  Tags in Alone

• There’s a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There’s a lot of sex, you know, in art. There’s a lot of naked women and men, and there’s intrigue, there’s fakery. It’s a real microcosm of the larger world.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Women, Men

• The bluegrass community… can be very strict. I didn’t know if I’d be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly… I felt really welcome.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Judge, Community, Felt

• The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Past

  Tags in American, Truly

• Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nothing, Done, Popular

• No matter how many times people say it – ‘Oh, I’m just writing this for myself’ ‘Oh, I’m just doing this for myself’ – nobody’s doing it for themselves! You’re doing it for an audience. So whether I’m performing or writing a book or playing music, it’s definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Myself, Book

• Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role… I’ve had people come up to me and say, ‘We want to remake ‘The Jerk’ with so and so.’ And I say, ‘Fine.’ It just doesn’t bother me. It’s an honor actually.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Change, Come

• In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It’d be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Play, Show, Comedy

• 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.

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Best, Fact

• I’m for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?

  Steve Martin

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Find, Accept

Steve Martin (69)

Birth:	14th August, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Author, Comedian, Musician, Playwriter, Producer

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