Steve Martin Quotes

Igby was a really good opportunity for me to grow up. The cast was great.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made those because they have made me who I am.

At one point of time, most of my films were successful, so I could have launched a production house. But had I done that, I would not have grown as an actor.

Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!

As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind of take whatever comes your way and hope that you carved out something that you're proud of in the end.

Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.

I needed the time to go to college and spend years with people who aren't in the business and become a person on my own in order to be the person that I am and the performer that I am. I wouldn't give that up to be in blockbusters or have more money.

I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.

You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was a Mike Figures film, and then I got a series with the BBC. I'm glad of the experience, because I think it's very, very good to understand what actors go through.

I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.

I'm not interested in a pretty world. It's boring to me. If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.

I'm glad I made business investments, because it gave me the confidence financially to make brave choices. If I hadn't done that, I'd still have been trying to play 19-year-olds in films. I know there are other avenues for me.

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director.

If I'm honest, the reason I got into acting is not the reason I'm still doing it, and if I'm still doing it in ten years' time, I'm sure I'll find something else.

I was thinking of going to college or staying in L.A. to act, and I stayed to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. I've had a lot of wonderful experiences - some horrible ones, but mostly really beautiful ones.