KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Steve Martin Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Steve Martin

Showing 71-80 of 90 Quotes by Steve Martin

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I like the idea that one thing leads to another. You can tweet something completely innocuous, and then find yourself going off on a tangent that's inspired by a response.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I was always a huge fan of E. E. Cummings. He did a series of lectures at Harvard or Princeton, and they were recorded. And they were incredibly moving.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.

~Steve Martin

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: August 14th, 1945

Links

Find Steve Martin on Amazon

Related Authors

George Carlin
Rodney Dangerfield
W. C. Fields
Mitch Hedberg
Groucho Marx
P. J. O'Rourke
Robin Williams
Steven Wright

Popular Authors

Richard Branson Michael Jordan Stephen King Bill Murray Henry Rollins Nikola Tesla Mark Zuckerberg E. E. Cummings

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1930 - Warren Buffett

1748 - Jacques-Louis David

1797 - Mary Shelley

1811 - Theophile Gautier

1855 - Evelyn De Morgan

1871 - Ernest Rutherford

1884 - Theodor Svedberg

1893 - Huey Long

1901 - John Gunther

1906 - Joan Blondell

Birthdays on August 30th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Christmas Courage Dating Dreams New Year's Sports Travel Wedding