#myself

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea. ↗

— Steve Martin

#americanized #anyone #ask #classic #could

I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it. ↗

— Steve Martin

#books #bought #discipline #doing #enjoyed

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely. ↗

— Steve Martin

#book #definitely #doing #how #i

I have myself no more doubt that these metals were prepared by the Almighty for this very purpose, than I have that iron and coal were prepared for the purposes in which they are being used. ↗

— Hugh McCulloch

#being #being used #coal #doubt #i

I don't need to Google myself. ↗

— Nicki Minaj

#i #myself #need

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star. ↗

— Frances McDormand

#easily #i #i can #movie #movie star

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child. ↗

— Roddy McDowall

#act #actor #because #child #did

You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#consider #excuse #given #handed #handled

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry. ↗

— John Milius

#film #film industry #i #industry #myself

As a matter of a fact, though, I've never actually played a video game where I've played as myself. ↗

— Ronnie Lott

#fact #game #i #matter #myself