Latest Martin Short Quotes from Interviews

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• All the actor does is, he tries to get as many takes as he can out of the director that day. So he can walk away and say to himself, "Hey, it's in there. I'm not going to edit it. I'm not going to make those choices. If they want to blow it, it's fine. But I've done all I can." You're right. I'm always amazed when actors bash films as if those grips and that cinematographer didn't work hard enough.

  Martin Short

  Hard Work, Blow, Choices

• The thing in comedy is that once you start worrying about something not succeeding, you're frozen. There's no verdict on anything. You can make ¡Three Amigos!, and some people will at the time say, "Oh, that's too silly." Then five years later, silly is hip. Now it's considered art. I never comment on anything I do, because if I say anything negative about X film, or X TV show, or X project, people who saw it and loved it go, "Well, am I an idiot?"

  Martin Short

  Art, Silly, People

• Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like... People say, "I saw Saving Private Ryan, and that scene on the beach is just so moving." I can't imagine anyone who would say "I don't find that moving!" But you can show, whether it's Laurel & Hardy or the Three Stooges or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, some people are going to look at it and say "That's the funniest thing I've ever seen." Some people will say "I don't get it." Who's right, who's wrong?

  Martin Short

  Beach, Moving, People

• People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

  Martin Short

  Art, People, Comedy

• When you have to worry about paying the rent, you're never bored. You're just happy to have that job. But once you don't have to worry and reach the point where it's no longer about the money, you're able to look at other opportunities outside of your comfort zone.

  Martin Short

  Jobs, Opportunity, Worry

  Source: deadline.com

• I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

  Martin Short

  Country, Character, Live Concerts

  Source: deadline.com

• I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.

  Martin Short

  Actors, Comedy

  Source: deadline.com

• Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.

  Martin Short

  Views, Actors

  Source: deadline.com

• There was an era when people would turn on their radio and hear a radio drama. Now, you could be as scared by that as seeing it filmed. In those days, people used to sit by the fire and imagine what they were hearing. Everything is its own art form.

  Martin Short

  Art, Drama, Fire

  Source: collider.com

• I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

  Martin Short

  Thinking, Careers, Safety

  Source: collider.com

• When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way.

  Martin Short

  Work Out, Directors, Way

  Source: collider.com

• An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.

  Martin Short

  Gold, Actors

  Source: collider.com