Steve Martin
I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.
More quotes and aphorisms
Let's get one thing straight — there is a big difference...No one saves us but ourselves...'Custom is the great deadener'. There is no doubt...I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm...Where there is great love, there are always wishes...I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able...