Famous quotes by Martin Short:

"Steve's body of work is remarkable. I know that because earlier this evening, Steve turned to me and said, 'Isn't my body of work remarkable?'"

"He is a complete goof and so stylish, I mean everything about Franz is about chic, it doesn't really matter if there's peace in Bosnia as much as if they're beautifully dressed at the peace table."

"Steve got his first job in comedy as a writer on the 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' because he was dating one of the dancers. Oh, by the way, Steve, Tommy Tune says hi."

"He's an original genius,"

"He's an original genius. He's kind of blazed his own trail."

"Every market is crowded and competitive, ... and everyone survives based on whether we want to visit that person everyday."

"He's wildly passionate and very, very honest and smart."

"What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows."

"One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife."

"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."

"I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny."

"Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes."

"I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about."

"I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations."

"I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie."

"I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge."

"I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace."

"I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life."

"You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, "No"."