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Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.

Steve Martin

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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
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Waco
Texas
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