Quotes by Steve Martin

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I’ve never played with a band. I’ve 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.

I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.

Comedy may be big business but it isn’t pretty.

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would’ve had a chance. Because that’s where my real heart was.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.