Steve Martin Quotes

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.

I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did.

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

I think I'm not uber into the comedy scene, but I love to laugh, especially in our business, where you're always front and center over an extremely, sometimes overly-critical live audience. I think it helps to laugh.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

I used to think of myself as a comedian. I've always admired comedians. Their minds, the way in which they se the world is so striking, the way they juxtapose things, the way they can see humor in people. There's a liberation in that.

I just loved comedy as a kid and I think at some point, it just occurred to me that you could try it, and I did.

If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

Comedy is not my world. It's difficult for me, but sometimes you just have to go with it and have a good time.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I really have a love for comedy. I can't express it enough.

I love comedy and I hope I never stop doing it.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Jon Lajoie - and they're such funny guys that they bring their own sort of twist to it all.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.

I love standup comedians. I really do.

I was voted Most Humorous in my senior class in high school, and I was a fan of comedy, my whole life. I never got into the horror genre, and action was fine, but I just loved comedy. Any comedy I could get my hands on, I would. I watched Saturday Night Live religiously. I've just been a fan of comedy, my whole life.

I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether it be social issues commentary, whether it be - hell, Carrot Top. I can't be Carrot Top. I can't.

I love comedy. I'm not known for comedy, but I love it. I've done a lot of it, in my lifetime. But most people are surprised to hear that I made a funny movie.

I love comedy. If I could be a comedian - well, I probably would not take that job because it seems really hard, but I wish I could be.

A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

For me, comedians are like the epitome for everything great, and they terrify me. I just want to be them. I want to be like them.

They're the darkest people I know, comedians.