“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
“I really like the animated film process. It's kind of like doing a play, because you can experiment with it, rewrite it, screen it, go back, then work on it a little bit more. If the joke doesn't work, you can fix it. It's different from a live action movie.” IfsKindLittlesDifferentPlayActionFilmBitsProcessLittle BitJokesScreensExperimentsAnimatedAction MovieAnimated Films Author:Steve Martin
“I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayHumansDifferentRealCharacterActionFilmAbilityClearExpressionFlawedAnimatedAction MovieUncomplicatedAnimated Films Author:Steve Martin
“I knew I wanted to be in show business so I took the path of least resistance. I loved comedy. But you never know you are funny until people laugh. It's just what I was interested in. I could make people laugh, I guess, but doing it at school and doing it onstage are very different things.” PeopleKnowsDifferentShowsWantedSchoolLaughingPathComedyResistanceDifferent ThingsShow BusinessMaking People LaughPath Of Least Resistance Author:Steve Martin
“Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!” DifferentFunnyFunBoysComedyFunny TravelFunny Journey Author:Steve Martin
“Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.” HumansDifferentWalksRecordsDinosaurs Author:Steve Martin
“I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?” IfsMadeDifferentFilmWishRight NowCrossesOkayListsLoser Author:Steve Martin
“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.” DifferentRealWholeBandWhole LifeRhythmPerformersDifferent ExperiencesBasic Things Author:Steve Martin
“Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.” PeopleThinkingWantDifferentPlayActorsRolesFineHonorCome UpBotherJerkTempoRemakes Author:Steve Martin
“The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack for causing heartbreak was innate, but her vitality often made people forgive her romantic misdeeds.” PeopleMenMadeDifferentOrderEmotionFeetDevilForgivingDustVitalityInnateKnackAnnoyanceMisdeeds Author:Steve Martin
“I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition.” ThinkingDifferentUsedFallGirlSimpleBoysMarriedDressesFalling In LoveAffairRingsWeddingPropositionsGetting MarriedBoy And GirlFather Of The Bride Author:Steve Martin
