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Steve Martin
American
Comedian
Born:
Aug 14
,
1945
Art
Comedy
Me
People
Think
You
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I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide whether it'll ever see the light of day. But at the moment of its writing, it's always meant to be something. So, to me, there's no practicing; there's only editing and publishing or not publishing.
Steve Martin
Day
Me
You
Writing
Editing
Light
Think
Later
See
Something
Only
Throw
Practicing
Always
Anyone
Decide
Whether
Meant
Meant To Be
Moment
Away
Ever
Publishing
Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
Steve Martin
Funny
Chaos
Order
Midst
I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
Steve Martin
Perfectly
Got
Chimney
Shot
Works
Now
An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
Steve Martin
Dignity
Gentleman
Cowardly
Beneath
He
Wrong
However
Any
Disgusting
Might
Apology
What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
Steve Martin
Art
People
Comedy
Laugh
Without
Making
Them
Puke
I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.
Steve Martin
Alone
You
Man
Illusion
Think
Relationships
Easier
Circumstances
Solitary
Loner
Given
More
Casual
Had
Idea
Know
Also
Because
Person
Childhood
Romantic
Meant
Your
Raised
Pose
Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
Steve Martin
Funny
Word
Everything
Those
French
Boy
Different
I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.
Steve Martin
Success
Business
Thought
About
More
Only
Never
Comedian
Accurate
Just
Being
Much
Really
Show
Show Business
Early
I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it in that way, as a creator of something, not so much a performer. So that's in my head.
Steve Martin
Music
Be Kind
Thought
Musical
Way
Kind
Would
Would-Be
Some
About
Something
Head
Performer
Involving
Interesting
Much
Creator
It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.
Steve Martin
Art
Me
Way
Mystery
Contemporary
Contemporary Art
Galleries
Function
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
Funny
Best
People
Funny People
Everywhere
Entertainers
Some
Fact
Inspirations
Comedians
Comedic
Always
Were
Just
In Fact
Professional
Believed
When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.
Steve Martin
Business
Heart
Try
Thought
College
Become
Risk
Had
Because
Always
Real
Hand
Debating
Wondering
Going
Just
Where
Show
Show Business
Professor
Chance
I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing.
Steve Martin
You
Book
Style
Own
Down
Way
Out
Kind
Would
Some
My Own
Records
Pick
Songs
Written
Picking
Learned
How
Persevered
Get
Banjo
Tune
Note
Worked
Who
Pete Seeger
Play
Basic
Earl
Playing
I thought if I had a Twitter feed and say I had a following of a 100,000, that means 100,000 of them would be interested in my book. It was logical, but it didn't turn out to be true. It turned out if I had a Twitter feed of a 100,000, four of them were interested in my book.
Steve Martin
Book
Logical
Thought
Be True
Twitter
Say
Out
Would
Would-Be
Following
Had
Feed
True
Were
Interested
Them
Turn
Turned
Means
Four
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.
Steve Martin
Music
Myself
You
Book
People
Writing
Matter
Way
Say
Definitely
Out
People Say
Some
Put
Nobody
Performing
Audience
How
How Many Times
Doing
Times
Times People
Oh
Just
Whether
Themselves
Many
Received
Playing
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
Steve Martin
Art
You
Whatever
Bit
Compulsive
Craft
Want
Your
I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.
Steve Martin
Day
Me
You
Jokes
Laughter
Punch
Punch Line
Say
Laugh
Laughs
Bothered
Sincerely
Comedians
Operating
Audience
Said
Real
Line
Were
Lines
Automatic
Automatically
Either
Realized
Moment
Thing
I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.
Steve Martin
Twitter
Some
Feel
Like
Still
Working
Skills
Credit
Actually
In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.
Steve Martin
Comedy
Rangers
Mute
Steep
Songs
Absurd
Banjo
Just
Canyon
Stand
Show
Play
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.
Steve Martin
Home
People
Father
Related
Way
Pleasing
Say
Bad
Would
Some
Thrilled
Hours
Liked
Go
Go Home
Psychoanalysis
Which
Straight
Worked
Really
Working
Disneyland
Working Hard
Hard
Enjoyed
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
Steve Martin
People
Writing
Think
Air
Out
Songs
Get
Bluegrass
Them
Hard
Original
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