Who is Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013. Additionally, he was nominated for two Tony Awards for his musical Bright Star in 2016. Among many honors, he has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center Honors, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1969, and later as a frequent host on Saturday Night Live. In the 1970s, Martin ...
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Steve Martin Poems

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Steve Martin Quotes

• I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.
• Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.
• Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
• What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
• I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

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Comments about Steve Martin

• Rafaelaeg7: “a day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” ~ steve martin
• Amamosfrio: “a day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” ~ steve martin
• Kimma2669: foggy morning breaking - music video from alison brown with steve martin - bluegrass today
• Daultradio: like a lot of folks, i have been a fan of steve martin for a long time. i haven't loved all his projects, but when they are good, they're great. my favorite is probably an old film called dead men don't wear plaid. great stuff.
• Allanbreports: i got my blue check mark, i feel like steve martin's character in the jerk when he made it into the telephone book.

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