Steve Martin

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    We were comparing psychoanalysis with the making of art. I said, “Both require explorations of the subconscious, and in that way they are similar.” He agreed, thought about it, then added, “But there is a fundamental difference between the two. In psychoanalysis, you try to retain a discovery; in art, once the thing is made, you let it go.”
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    His memory was sharp as cheddar,
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    Oh yes, I have heard the argument that celebrities want fame when it’s useful and don’t when it’s not. That argument is absolutely true
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    You’ll use everything you ever knew.”
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties.
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    o they get this show in Omaha?” Steve would answer, “They see it, but they don’t get it.”
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.”
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    My belief in the inevitability of our success charged me up before, during, and after the show, and it was not until days later when I acknowledged to myself that our debut in the tougher world of real show business had been met with only a polite response.
  • Nikolai C.has quoted5 years ago
    One day I was particularly gloomy, and Jim asked me what the matter was. I told him my high school girlfriend (for all of two weeks) had broken up with me. He said, “Oh, that’ll happen a lot.” The knowledge that this horrid grief was simply a part of life’s routine cheered me up almost instantly.
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