M.C. Steve Quotes

The banjo is truly an American instrument, and it captures something about our past.

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and talk to them, they'll talk back to you.

We've taken what was just once a racetrack and made it a multifaceted gaming destination for the entire region.

I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot - and I thought, "Oh, that's like a family portrait right there."

I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.

I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow.

I've decided to take up smoking, my doctor said I wasn't getting enough tar.

Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.

To have someone play off and be with a band is more pleasurable.

What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me.

I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years.

Ah, yes. I remember my first beer.

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.

I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself.

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable.

So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.

How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?

I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork.

People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head...

Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.

I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks, cards tricks and I played the banjo.

Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes.

I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.

She was feeling her bohemian oats.

Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.

The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And you don't yet ­understand that it will all go away.

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.

Any type of humor can be transferred to the screen, as long as there's clarity. The audience wants to know just what they're supposed to be feeling, when they're supposed to laugh.

Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.

Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing is more of an accomplishment.

I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.

After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'

Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.

I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.

I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.

It's not tipping I believe in. It's overtipping.

I'm not Vegas. Places I play usually cost like $3 to get in, you know, and people are going: Gee, I've got $3, I think I'll throw it away.

I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.

I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.

It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.

I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.