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
A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast.
I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness.
I don't like to look back, and I'm always worried about the next thing rather than resting on the laurels or the degradations of the last thing.
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.
When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.
I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.
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.
Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.
When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.
Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.
Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.
I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.
L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in L.A., you get a little network of places you go, and people you see, and when you leave town, you do miss those places and your friends.
He?s already been to the show. I know the intimidation factor will be out of him.