“Now let's repeat the non-conformists' oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!” PeopleDifferentAudienceLaughingPromiseUniqueRepeatsOathI PromiseConformistNon Conformist Author:Steve Martin
“There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.” WayAudienceFrontsTerrorBetter Ways Author:Steve Martin
“Awards mean nothing to comedians. What matters is the audience, how you're doing - artistically, for the most part - at that moment.” MeanMatterMomentsAudienceComedianThat MomentAwardsWhat Matters Author:Steve Martin
“Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could say anything and it would get a laugh. Then I'd better deliver. In the movie it's the same thing. You get a lot of laughs when people first sit down and then the story better kick in. Many years in front of an audience, I would hope, give me a sense of what works.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsStoriesAudienceLaughingMinutesFrontsGive MeDown AndInstinctKicksEditingSay Anything Author:Steve Martin
“Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.” KnowsWantLongFeelingsAudienceLaughingTypeScreensClaritySupposed To Be Author:Steve Martin
“I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was there. As a comedian, I'm always listening to the audience. And in movies, sometimes the only audience you have is the producer and the director. I like having someone else's opinion, especially if you're on the same wavelength.” IfsKnowsMenKindSometimesVisionOpinionAudienceSeeingMaterialsListeningDirectorsThirdsProducersComedianWavelength Author:Steve Martin
“I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.” HardActionFilmAudienceTouchingAnimatedAction FilmsAnimated Movies Author:Steve Martin
“I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingFilmFunEmotionAudienceMessagesCriticsGood TimesHaving A Good Time Author:Steve Martin
“With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.” IfsKnowsYearsIdeasAudienceComedyFrontsResponseNo IdeaGoing To Work Author:Steve Martin
“When you're touring and if you go to a party, there's automatically a celebrity-audience distance. It follows you around, especially when you're on the road in small towns. Any time there is awe, it gets very difficult to be normal, to be yourself. But I'm not saying that that's what made me the way I am. I've probably always been distant.” IfsWayMadeDifficultPartyAudienceNormalTownsDistanceBeing YourselfAweSmall TownTouring Author:Steve Martin
“I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.” FeltAudienceComedySeriousMusical Author:Steve Martin
“I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.” SaidRealMomentsLinesAudienceLaughingLaughterJokesI RealizedComedianSincerelyBothered Author:Steve Martin
“When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.” FirstsLittlesFeltAudienceComedyMagicStageSeriousMaterialsNeededMusicalJugglingBanjos Author:Steve Martin
“No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.” PeopleWayWritingBookMatterAudiencePerformingWriting A BookPlaying Music Author:Steve Martin
