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
There's someone out there for everyone-even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.
I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
Be so good they can't ignore you.
I would have felt a little funny if another actor was playing this role.
It doesn't behoove us not to ask these questions. It makes us look like fools.
Sure, you can start now. Fire the janitor.
I thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.
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.
He had a tendency that, when he got down against a real high level of competition, he?d melt.
I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I grew up watching Laurel and Hardy. That's really a long time ago. I loved Jerry Lewis. I just loved comedians.