Steve Martin Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Well, excuuuuuse me!”

“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.”

“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.”

“When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.”

“I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?”

“You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.”

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

“A record isn't like a movie - you can get it together pretty fast.”

“It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.”

“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.”