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Martin Short quotes: No one is any one thing.

No one is any one thing.

Martin Short quotes: If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

Martin Short quotes: I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.

Martin Short quotes: You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

Martin Short quotes: I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

Martin Short quotes: Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.

Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.

Martin Short quotes: I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.

I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.

Martin Short quotes: I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

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

Martin Short quotes: Discipline is essential to life, whether you are administering or inflicting the spanking.

Discipline is essential to life, whether you are administering or inflicting the spanking.

Martin Short quotes: You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

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

Martin Short quotes: 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 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.

Martin Short quotes: I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

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

Martin Short quotes: I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

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

Martin Short quotes: everything from Hairspray to the Academy Awards. They were also my co-conspirators on my 2006 Broadway show, Fame

everything from Hairspray to the Academy Awards. They were also my co-conspirators on my 2006 Broadway show, Fame

Martin Short quotes: A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

Martin Short quotes: An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.

An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.

Martin Short quotes: 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.

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.

Martin Short quotes: I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

Martin Short quotes: Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

Martin Short quotes: I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.

I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.

Martin Short quotes: All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

Martin Short quotes: Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.

Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.

Martin Short quotes: People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

Martin Short quotes: It's better to love a short ...

It's better to love a short ...

Martin Short quotes: One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

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

Martin Short quotes: I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

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

Martin Short quotes: You know, speaking from experience, I can tell you that there's no aphrodisiac more potent than Watergate-themed cabaret music.

You know, speaking from experience, I can tell you that there's no aphrodisiac more potent than Watergate-themed cabaret music.

Martin Short quotes: Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.

Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.

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

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

Martin Short quotes: ...something terrible can happen to you, and yet, the day after this something terrible, the sun still rises, and life goes on. And so must you.

...something terrible can happen to you, and yet, the day after this something terrible, the sun still rises, and life goes on. And so must you.

Martin Short quotes: My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.

Martin Short quotes: Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.

Martin Short quotes: The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

Martin Short quotes: I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

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

Martin Short quotes: my happiness was never predicated first and foremost upon my career. It's an outlook that has served me well.

my happiness was never predicated first and foremost upon my career. It's an outlook that has served me well.