Steve Martin

"The stage is a wonderful place for me to do my work."

"I'm always looking for a new challenge and new material."

"Banjos are quite loud and... everyone can hear them."

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."

"I think I did pretty well considering I started out with virtually nothing."

"The advantage of the arts is that we get to stay young."

"Tweeting is just as important as other platforms for me."

"I would do anything to be remembered as someone who was kind."

"I often worry about my memory."

"An idea is interesting when it is new, not necessarily when it is true."

"My childhood was pretty comfortable, I think."

"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man wearing a spotted metal suit."

"When your name is on a theater, you've made it."

"I don't know if I could go back and do stand-up now."

"I was a wild kid, unruly, mischievous."

"The best way to deal with the problem is to face it head on."

"Art happens when people want to express something."

"I would trade places with many a great man of history."

"Being a comedian is just trying to get laughs."

"I'll direct anything that seems challenging."

"I'd like to be remembered as someone who succeeded, period."

"The key is to get as much information as you can."

"I've been blessed with luck, and that matters."

"My style of comedy is humor based on truth."

"I'm just happy when I'm creating something."

"Reading is important because if you can read, you can learn."

"To describe my mother would be to write about the weather."

"I used to sell a joke book door to door."

"The object of my work is to stimulate people to look at life."

"I'm not a guy who has ever been motivated by money."