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. Steve Martin More Quotes by Steve Martin More Quotes From Steve Martin Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm. Steve Martin iconoclasm kind people I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you never know you are funny until people laugh. It's just what I was interested in. I could make people laugh, I guess, but doing it at school and doing it onstage are very different things. Steve Martin laughing people school These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make. Steve Martin humor funny thinking I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork. Steve Martin pie done dog When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut. Steve Martin kings nuts thinking 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 comedy four years People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director. Steve Martin editing directors people I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things about being able to do that. I really haven't felt any negativity toward me or my music. Steve Martin feel-good nice views Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive. Steve Martin mind morning people I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition. Steve Martin wedding falling-in-love girl To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable. Steve Martin band play Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven. Steve Martin one-thing rewards heaven No art comes from the conscious mind. Steve Martin conscious mind art I just don't identify myself with a place. I just don't get it. Like, why am I cheering for this town? Towns are good and bad but they don't have principles, constitutions. You wouldn't go to war for your town. Steve Martin cheer principles war What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me. Steve Martin projects mean years I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years. Steve Martin views war years I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head... Steve Martin tired ends self I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot - and I thought, "Oh, that's like a family portrait right there." Steve Martin portraits wife dog I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie. Steve Martin different play littles I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself. Steve Martin scripts writing firsts
