Quote by Steve Martin
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent

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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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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Im enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything thats considered artistic, theres a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It cant exist without it. – 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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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Mahatma Gandhi

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I am a firm believer that God has already ordered the things that have taken place in my life…and Im just learning to follow the path hes laid before me. – Monica Denise Brown

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The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesnt make you less of what you were. You are still you. – Tony Snow

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