Martin Short Quotes (33 Quotes)

Years ago, I found that being that excited about something so commonplace, like what to wear on an airplane, was kind of engaging.

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.

He is a complete goof and so stylish, I mean everything about Franz is about chic, it doesn't really matter if there's peace in Bosnia as much as if they're beautifully dressed at the peace table.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

Steve's body of work is remarkable. I know that because earlier this evening, Steve turned to me and said, 'Isn't my body of work remarkable'

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

He's an original genius. He's kind of blazed his own trail.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

No one is any one thing.

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

I always do my life around the school year. Around the middle of June, the kids are out of school and we go up to our cottage in Canada.

This is satire. I am a satirist. Modern-day society has this obsession with needing to know every ounce of angst about performers' lives, to the point that it becomes more important than whether they can perform.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

We find you have be careful about what you make up, because it'll come back to haunt you. I make up so much stuff, I say it's growing like a snowball.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

He's wildly passionate and very, very honest and smart.

Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.

I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.

Steve got his first job in comedy as a writer on the 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' because he was dating one of the dancers. Oh, by the way, Steve, Tommy Tune says hi.

You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, "No".

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.