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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
Art Collector
Banjoist
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Producer
Musician
Performing Artist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Street Artist
Waco
Texas
Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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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.
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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 away and have his shoes.
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... you're nuts but you're welcome here.
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Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.
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All of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald's - threw a match in the cook's hair.
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You can't make something beautiful by trying to make something beautiful. Something becomes beautiful in the process of trying to be something else.
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It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book. ... But there certainly is a difference in energy between a younger man and an older man.
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I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head...
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She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.
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You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.
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. . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . . Put them on me.
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The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
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I'm not a human being. I'm despicable and disgusting - but that's where the money is.
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Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.
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So she viewed time spent in the land of the normal as an investigation into the world of marriage-worthy men, even if she was unsure about her own interest in marriage. There must be one solid citizen who also had a spark of life, a sense of humor and adventure.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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Mirabelle is attractive it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.
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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 standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.
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College totally changed my life. It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy.
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