The 40+ Martin Short Quotes

Whether Arrogantly Or What, I View Myself Simply As An Actor.

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.

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.

You Go Through Publicists Because It's Easy For A Publicist To Say To Another Publicist, 'no'.

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.

Ill Give You An Idea Of How Jewish Mel Brooks Is: Thats A Nose Job.

I've Never Done An Improvised Movie As A Fictitious Character. I Think That's The Challenge.

My Mother Was The Concert Master Of The Symphony. Absurdity And Eccentricity Were Not Criticized.

I've Done Lots Of Improv Things But Not A Whole Movie.

I'm An Actor Who Loves Doing Comedy.

Being The Youngest Of Five, You're Adored, You're Fueled With Confidence.

All You're Trying To Do In An Improvisation Is Get As Much Material As Possible For The Editing Room.