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I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.

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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
Everything
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Took
Magic
Comedy
Stage
Banjo
Knew
Banjos
Littles
Routines
Little
Juggling

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