"Success is when you have your children's lifestyle." |
| --Ed Slott (1946- )
financial advisor, author, professional speaker |
 |
|
Born 1945 in Waco, Texas, Steve Martin got started as a zany and absurdist stand-up comedian in the 1970s, when his comedy albums like Let's Get Small (1977) were big hits; his punch line "Excuuuuse me" became a pop culture catch-phrase. He has also been a favorite recurring guest host on Saturday Night Live for many years (14 such appearances). In the 1980s he began starring in mainstream movie comedies like Parenthood (1989) and Father of the Bride (1991, co-starring Diane Keaton, with a sequel in 1995). He proved himself an able writer/director, with successes like Roxanne (1987, with Daryl Hannah), L.A. Story (1991, with Sarah Jessica Parker) and Bowfinger (1999, with Eddie Murphy). Martin is known for his brainy versatility and continues to work in films, write plays (Picasso at the Lapin Agile), publish humorous essays in the New Yorker magazine, and write books like Shopgirl (2000, made into a 2005 movie starring Martin and Claire Danes). His other films have included the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen (2003, and a sequel in 2005) and the slapstick remake The Pink Panther (2006, with Martin in the Inspector Clouseau role made famous by Peter Sellers). He published a memoir, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, in 2007.
Martin has appeared in four films directed by Carl Reiner, including The Jerk (1979) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). Martin hosted the annual Academy Award ceremonies in 2001 and 2003, and co-hosted with Alec Baldwin in 2010.
He is also a successful, award-winning banjo player.
|
|
"The show took so long that Avatar now takes place in the past." |
| --Steve Martin (1945- )
at the conclusion of the 2010 Academy Awards 3 1/2-hour show, which he co-hosted with Alec Baldwin |
|
|
