Steve Martin Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred.

  Steve Martin

  Girl, Sleep, Giving

  Steve Martin (2001). “Shopgirl”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

• I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry, that's tomorrow night.

  Steve Martin

  Sorry, Night, Giving

  Steve Martin (2008). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

• If you feel tired midway through, give Neil Patrick Harris a Red Bull and throw some sheet music at him.

  Steve Martin

  Tired, Giving, Bulls

  "An Open Letter to Eddie Murphy" by Steve Martin, www.stevemartin.com. September 20, 2011.

• Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could say anything and it would get a laugh. Then I'd better deliver. In the movie it's the same thing. You get a lot of laughs when people first sit down and then the story better kick in. Many years in front of an audience, I would hope, give me a sense of what works.

  Steve Martin

  Editing, Years, People

  "COVER STORY : A Side Order of Steve Martin : He's had his ups and downs with L.A., but they're back together in his new movie". Interview with Elaine Dutka, articles.latimes.com. February 3, 1991.

• It's spooky to look at yourself, because you are never quite what you think you are. And you are never as good looking as the person you are acting with, or something like that. So I learned to stay away from it because it was giving me more negative feelings than positive ones.

  Steve Martin

  Thinking, Giving, Feelings

• I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.

  Steve Martin

  Writing, Fire, Play

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