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Martin Short
American
Actor
Born:
Mar 26
,
1950
Great
People
Think
Time
You
Your
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I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
Martin Short
Life
Treat
Stress
My Life
Party
About
Something
More
Like
Than
Chosen
The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?
Martin Short
Time
Tough Times
You
Man
Tough
Mark
Responds
Some
About
He
Over
How
Times
Going
Situations
Avoid
Barrel
My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.
Martin Short
Life
Great
Morning
You
Be Happy
Happy
Natural
Human Being
Wake Up
My Life
Feeling
Become
Victim
State
Some
Absolutely
Had
Know
Empowered
Learn
Tragedy
Wake
Up
Buoyant
Human
Being
After
Either
Natural State
Naturally
Who
I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.
Martin Short
Family
Me
Pretend
Hotel
Palace
Royal
Royal Family
Belongs
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
Martin Short
You
Editing
Possible
Editing Room
Material
Get
Trying
Improvisation
Room
Much
Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.
Martin Short
You
People
Comedy
Will
Some People
Three
Fall
Down
Pedestrian
Consider
Say
Laugh
Physical
Some
Trip
Physical Comedy
Take
No-One
Wrong
Look
Subjective
Personal
Stooges
Oh
Just
Artists
Them
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.
Martin Short
Great
Character
You
Character Actor
Eyebrows
About
Know
Gloss
Forever
Survive
Being
Your
Actor
You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.
Martin Short
You
Yourself
Try
Out
Easy
Very
Get
Interested
Figure
Keep
Lulled
Things
People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
Martin Short
People
Father
Think
Had
Catholic
Irish
Irish Catholic
Jewish
My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
Martin Short
Mother
Master
Symphony
Criticized
Eccentricity
Absurdity
Concert
Were
I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.
Martin Short
Character
Challenge
Think
Never
Improvised
Done
Movie
Fictitious
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.
Martin Short
Life
You
Think
Lead
How
Loss
Fuel
Your
Whole
I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.
Martin Short
People
Drop
Nice
Would
Write
Know
Dead
Were
Nice Things
Now
Things
I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.
Martin Short
Death
Myself
Sometimes
Tears
Own
Brought
My Own
Imagined
I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.
Martin Short
Luxury
Kind
About
Objective
Career
I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.
Martin Short
Lots
Improv
Done
Movie
Whole
Things
David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
Martin Short
Funny
Together
Made
Face
Late
Would
Find
Dinners
Guy
David
David Lynch
Had
He
Almost
Like
Him
Hip
Lots
Very
Movie
Homage
Cool
Film
Imagine
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
Martin Short
You
Confidence
Adored
Five
Being
Fueled
Youngest
I think that even though the characters were heightened, the 'SCTV' cast were all such strong actors they found a certain truth in playing them. I think that's why the show stays fresh and timeless.
Martin Short
Truth
Strong
Think
Though
Characters
Stays
Cast
Fresh
Were
Timeless
Them
Certain
Show
Even
Found
Actor
Why
Playing
No one doesn't have loss. No one doesn't have pain.
Martin Short
Pain
No-One
Loss
Everything alters and changes with time. Some things that are considered triumphs, and 10 years later, they're considered minor.
Martin Short
Time
Changes
Everything
Later
Considered
Minor
Some
Some Things
Triumphs
Years
Things
I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.
Martin Short
Comedy
Everyone
Martin
Knew
Steve
Steve Martin
Huge
Huge Fan
Fan
'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.
Martin Short
Nice
Like
Comedians
Label
Canadians
Common
You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.
Martin Short
Good
Great
You
Director
He
Picking
Takes
Wrong
End
Up
Trump is Trump. Some people find him hilarious. I don't find it hilarious, but you can't say it's dull. There's nothing credible about Donald Trump.
Martin Short
You
People
Some People
Hilarious
Nothing
Say
Find
Some
About
Him
Dull
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
Credible
I'm just drawn to the odd guy, the man who is full of it, the guy who has limited talent but is pretending he's a genius.
Martin Short
Man
Genius
Pretending
Drawn
Guy
He
Talent
Limited
Odd
Just
Full
Who
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