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Steve Martin | music

No matter how many times people say it – ‘Oh, I’m just writing this for myself’ ‘Oh, I’m just doing this for myself’ – nobody’s doing it for themselves! You’re doing it for an audience. So whether I’m performing or writing a book or playing music, it’s definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

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Steve Martin | music

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

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Steve Martin | movies

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.

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Steve Martin | movies

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.

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Steve Martin | money

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

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Steve Martin | life

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.

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Steve Martin | learning

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.

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Steve Martin | home

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I’d do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.

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Steve Martin | funny

I’ve always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they’re just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.