Quote by Steve Martin
Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working re

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, Id do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled. – Steve Martin

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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

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When your hobbies get in the way of your work – thats OK but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves… well. – Steve Martin

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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

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. – Babe Ruth

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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and theres a certain feeling when youre sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and its just pure escapism and theyre happy. – Gabrielle Union

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When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when Id come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldnt afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier. – Beth Ditto

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My father probably thought the capital of the world was wherever he was at the time. It couldnt possibly be anyplace else. Where he and his wife were in their own home, that, for them, was the capital of the world. – Bob Dylan

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