Steve Martin Quotes About Fame

Quotes about: Fame

• 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

  Years, Four, Comedy

  "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life". Book by Steve Martin, www.npr.org. November 20, 2007.

• A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Stars, Humor

• You know, there's a moment when you're famous when it's unbearable to go out because you're too famous. And then there's a moment when you're famous just right.

  Steve Martin

  Unbearable, Moments, Fame

  The BELIEVER Magazine Interview, www.believermag.com. May, 2005.

• They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.

  Steve Martin

  Television, Want, Fame

• I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

  Steve Martin

  Originality, Fame, Comic

  Steve Martin (2008). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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