I don't watch myself generยญally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.
Steve MartinI do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is different because we know the characters are real people, so they always stay flawed for us somehow. But animated films touch us in a very clear, uncomplicated place. They have that ability. And an animated character can make an expression in a way humans can't do.
Steve MartinDespite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naรฏvetรฉ, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
Steve MartinI 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