Stephen Glenn “Steve” Martin was born in Waco, Texas on August 14, 1945.
He is a man of many talents including comedian, actor, musician, author, screenwriter, film producer and voice actor.
Martin became known initially as a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy hour on TV. Later he appeared on The Tonight Show.
During the 1970’s Steve Martin performed as a stand-up comedian from which many of these quotes originated.
In later years he gave up stand-up in favor of acting for which he received a number of Emmy, Grammy and American Comedy awards.
In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an honorary Oscar at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.
Browse through these Steve Martin quotes and decide if the awards were justified:
- Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
- I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
- There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
- A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
- When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.
- Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
- I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
- Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It’s something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.
- I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
- What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
- With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you’re never off the hook.
- Comedy may be big business but it isn’t pretty.
How do you feel about Steve Martin’s humor as illustrated in these quotes?
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