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I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that something remains that will not seem old-fashioned, that will still have a vibrancy to it 50 years from now.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.
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