Steve and I have great respect for the fact that we don’t just want a liberal audience. So you want the audience to feel that this is, in a way, a safe zone. A zone where they’re not going to be made to feel like a jerk because they voted one way, so that’s why we deliberately do not mention Donald Trump.

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Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose jo... by Martin Short

Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.

jobs giving ideas

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life. by Martin Short

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

cutting loss life

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie. by Martin Short

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and e... by Martin Short

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

symphony masters mother

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy. by Martin Short

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.

There was an era when people would turn on their radio and hear a radio drama. Now, you could be as scared by that as seeing it filmed. In those days, people used to sit by the fire and imagine what they were hearing. Everything is its own art form.

I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

safety careers thinking

An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold. by Martin Short

An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny. by Martin Short

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

sibling brother thinking

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

hate fun thinking

A few years ago, I won a Tony for Little Me and I learned two important lessons from that experience. 1. Fair-weather friends are so much more interesting to be around and 2. It's amazing what this award fetches on E-Bay.

awards weather years

Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes. by Martin Short

Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.

passionate sometimes people

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife. by Martin Short

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

great-influence influence

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career. by Martin Short

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

luxury objectivity careers

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

done want writing

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

editing trying rooms

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

eyebrows forever character

All the actor does is, he tries to get as many takes as he can out of the director that day. So he can walk away and say to himself, "Hey, it's in there. I'm not going to edit it. I'm not going to make those choices. If they want to blow it, it's fine. But I've done all I can." You're right. I'm always amazed when actors bash films as if those grips and that cinematographer didn't work hard enough.

hard-work choices blow

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

comedy people art

Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor. by Martin Short

Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.