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Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.
Steve Martin
Love
Woman
Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
Steve Martin
Word
An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
Steve Martin
Apology
Dignity
Gentleman
Wrong
Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
Steve Martin
Funny
Chaos
Order
Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
Steve Martin
Business
Comedy
May
Pretty
Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
Steve Martin
Sex
Kissing
Man
Pretty
Talking
The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.
Steve Martin
Acting
Actor
First
Joy
Writing
What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
Steve Martin
Art
People
Comedy
When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.
Steve Martin
Work
Hobbies
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
Steve Martin
Movies
Life
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Steve Martin
Day
Night
I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
Steve Martin
Art
Entertainment
There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.
Steve Martin
Woman
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
Steve Martin
Architecture
Music
Dancing
Talking
Love is a promise delivered already broken.
Steve Martin
Love
Promise