Quotes by Steve Martin

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

— Steve Martin

Life

There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.

— Steve Martin

Life

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

— Steve Martin

Success

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

— Steve Martin

Success

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around that you end up thinking about them and talking about them for literally years after your experience with them is over. I've had that happen to me, and I've seen it happen to other people. I find it fascinating.

— Steve Martin

Life

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

— Steve Martin

Success

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

— Steve Martin

Happiness

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.'

— Steve Martin

Success

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

Wisdom

I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing.

— Steve Martin

Success

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

— Steve Martin

Wisdom