Martin Short

Comedian

1950-03-26

Canadian actor, comedian, and writer known for SCTV, Saturday Night Live, and films including Three Amigos! and Father of the Bride. He has also starred in the series Only Murders in the Building.

Quotes by Martin Short

Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.
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My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
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People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
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The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?
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When kids like Steven Spielberg were eight and nine and 10, they had little cameras, and that's all they wanted to do. When I was 10, I was in my attic pretending to host my own variety show. Spielberg wasn't. That's why he's a film director, and I'm doing what I'm doing.
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My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.
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What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.
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Comedy is a weird thing.
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Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.
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