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."
- Martin Short
(Related: Family)
"I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life."
- Martin Short
(Related: Life, Loss)
"I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit."
- Martin Short
(Related: People, Now)
"I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears."
- Martin Short
(Related: Death, Tears)
"I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations."
- Martin Short
(Related: Expectations, Fun, Hate)
"David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny."
- Martin Short
(Related: Funny, Film)
"Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence."
- Martin Short
(Related: Being, Confidence)
"All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done."
- Martin Short
"I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about."
- Martin Short
(Related: Life, Party, Stress)
"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
- Martin Short
(Related: Trying)
"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."
- Martin Short
(Related: Martin)
"You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled."
- Martin Short
"I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny."
- Martin Short
(Related: Funny, Family)
"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
(Related: Character, Actor, Being)
"Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes."
- Martin Short
(Related: People, Jokes)
"Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied."
- Martin Short
(Related: Question)
"People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue."
- Martin Short
(Related: Father, People, Irish)
"One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife."
- Martin Short
"No one is any one thing."
- Martin Short
"My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."
- Martin Short
(Related: Mother, Absurdity, Eccentricity)
"I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge."
- Martin Short
(Related: Character, Challenge)
"I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie."
- Martin Short
"You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, "No"."
- Martin Short