Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martinis an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist and banjo player,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
... you're nuts but you're welcome here.
It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.
I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.
No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.
The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.
Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
I choose a project based on whether it feels worthwhile working on when it comes to me. But secondly I choose it if it sounds like fun. Projects are determined by just how they strike me at the moment, as they have done throughout my whole life.
I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.