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After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'

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