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Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
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Banjoist
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Film Producer
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Street Artist
Waco
Texas
Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.
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