Steve Martin is a comedian, author, actor and film director. From his first appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1975, he became a legend. He appeared on the show eighteen times, more than any other guest host. Award won at the American Comedy Awards; a 1969 Emmy for being part of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour‘s writing staff; Two People’s Choice Awards; and two Writers Guild of America Awards. Chief among his proudest accomplishments is writing numerous satirical articles for The New Yorker Magazine.
This is the lesson of Saint Martin memorable quotes:
“All I ever wanted was an honest day’s work for a week’s decent pay.”
“Writing is a lot like sex. It’s pretty obvious when you’re ready to do it. Sometimes you just like… “Now I’m ready to write, but I’ve lost my train of… um… thought.
Last year I submitted a written I did not change the study word. They didn’t change the word on page 87.”
“Comedy is the art of making people laugh without puke.”
“The most important thing you can do is surprise yourself.”
cat people how many does it have? Now… Now I ask you this. … Do you believe me?”
“A day without the sun is, as you know, … a night.”
“I believe that Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was… a large Arctic region covered with ice.
“Steve, you say, I can be rich and never pay taxes?” … Two simple words.
“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. I got myself a $300 pair of socks. I got a hair dryer. An electric dog groomer. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And of course I bought some dumb stuff too.”
“Children, those French. They have a different word for everything.”
I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate collars.”
“I believe a woman should place her base high enough that you can look at her clothes.”
“Love is a promise already broken.”
“Don’t we know what women want with sex? … Neither do I.”
“I don’t have sex, man. Kiss leads and start talking to them pretty quickly.”
Comedy may be big business, but it’s not enough.
He talks about music as dance about architecture.
Sources:
“Martin’s cries are muted”, Ben Sutherland, BBC News, URL: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2879819.stm)
“After special school”, Dylan Cunningham, WGA, URL: (http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2230)
http://www.compleatsteve.com/quotes/index.htm
http://imdb.com/name/nm0000188/bio
http://www.stevemartin.com/stop_the_presses/newsweek_78.php
