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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good one because it not only turned o

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director – who were just fun. – Steve Martin

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I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way. – Steve Martin

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Throughout my whole life, as a performer, Ive never played with a band. Ive always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn. – Steve Martin

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Ive always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but theyre just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers. – Steve Martin

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Its funny: Im a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano its been a solitary thing. – Gary Oldman

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People ask do you make a conscious effort not to swear? – if youre doing silly stuff youre not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. – Tim Vine

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I dont happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I dont know whats funny about a character… This happens to be a feature of my life generally. – Wallace Shawn

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I love funny people, and when Im with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdness, I love it. Because that to me is funny, as opposed to someone who stops and says, Hey let me tell you a joke. – Paul Feig

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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. – Jerome Cady

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Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. – Eric Liu

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Its very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it. – Johnny Mathis

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Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine were taken away. – Anaxagoras

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