“Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.” Quote by Yoko Ono
“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
“I've found that giving 100% to your job isn't the same as giving 100% of your life to your job. Very often when I thought I was giving 100% of my life to my job, I was simply obsessing over something.” GivingJobsFoundObsessing Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.” ThinkingWritingI CanHardDonePastLife IsThreeBitsCan DoGoneFiveMaterialsAnxietyJokesPressureCome UpRelaxScreenplaysI Can Do ItParalyzed Author:Steve Martin
“I believe when your children are born that you are reborn in some fashion.” BelieveChildrenI BelieveBornFashionOur ChildrenYour ChildrenReborn Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself.” WritingFirstsWholeWantedSpeakScriptsWhole LifeTurned Down Author:Steve Martin
“A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't ignore you." She thought I was being flip but it's true. The challenge is trying to live up to the opportunities given me.” TryingSaidShowsOpportunityGivenChallengesMinesShow BusinessFlip Author:Steve Martin
“We [Israel people] always blame Moses, that he was our greatest leader and one of the most gifted people in the world. He brought us the moral code and so on, belief in one God, but then he was a bad navigator. He brought us to the only part of the Middle East without any gas, without any oil.” PeopleWorldBeliefLeaderMoralMiddleBlameIsraelOilEastCodeGasMiddle EastGiftedMosesMoral CodeNavigators Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it.” IfsFirstsTodayYoungComedyFirst TimeStartingQuittingWealthyAssetsNo MoneyNaivete 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
