- Has agreed to play bumbling French police inspector Jacques Clouseau in a prequel to 1964's THE PINK PANTHER movie, called BIRTH OF THE PINK PANTHER. (November 18, 2003)
- Martin second novel The Pleasure Of My Company was released in its hardcover edition last month, and Martin is waxing lyrical about the joy of being a writer because he says it allows him true creative freedom. (October 8, 2003)
- Martin was playing it for laughs at Sunday night's 75th Academy Awards with a hilarious opening stand-up skit -- Stepping out to a standing ovation from his peers at the dazzling Kodak Theatre, Martin joked, I'm glad they cut back on all the glitz! You probably noticed there was no fancy red carpet tonight. That'll send them a message. The proceeds from tonight's Oscar telecast will be divvied up among huge corporations. (March 26, 2003)
- Is a careful man. He keeps his collection of modern art meticulously catalogued in his laptop computer, and when playing craps with his longtime pal and gambling buddy Tony Andress, a Houston oilman, he arranged his money in little stacks of ones and fives and tens and twenties.
- Martin is set to fill a role played by the legendary Cary Grant -- Skilfully riding the wave of this rather unexpected success, Martin has been lined up to star in a remake of Grant's 1937 film TOPPER about a man haunted by a married pair of madcap ghosts. (March 12, 2003)
- Martin attempts at keeping his love life secret have failed as he's now romancing a journalist, New Yorker magazine's deputy head of fact-checking, Anne Stringfield. (February 28, 2003)
- Along with Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, the bannner behind THAT '70S SHOW, Steve Martin's production company Martin/Stein Co. is developing a gay version of HART TO HART, in which a pair of interior decorators stumble upon a murder each week. (November 13, 2002)
- Martin is teaming up with HBO and indie TV producer Carsey-Werner-Mandabach to develop a half-hour comedy about the peaks and valleys of celebrity. (October 5, 2002)
- A trustee of the Los Angeles Museum of Art, and collects the art of O'Keefe, Diebenkorn, de Kooning, Kline, Twombly, Frankenthaler, Hopper, Hockney, Lichtenstein, and Picasso.
- Besides working for Disneyland, he also worked for the neighboring, Knott's Berry Farm as a comedian in their Birdcage Theatre after high school.
- Contrary to popular belief, Martin was never been a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He has, however, hosted the show more times than anyone else.
- He is a vegetarian.
- He is an accomplished banjo player and appears playing the instrument in Earl Scruggs and friends video for Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
- He is in the horn section of B.B. King's In The Midnight Hour music video.
- Member of Saturday Night Live's Five Timers Club by hosting 13 times (the most one person has ever hosted).
- More appearances on 'Saturday Night Live' than anyone else (followed closely by Buck Henry). Some 25 at last count.
- Once had a job at Disneyland in the Magic Shop on Main Street, USA.
- Stanley Kubrick liked his work in THE JERK (1979) and once considered having him play Bill Harford in EYES WIDE SHUT (1999); the role which later went to Tom Cruise.
- Studied philosophy at California State University at Long Beach, and for a while, considered becoming a philosophy professor instead of an actor-comedian.
- Was never actually a cast member in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1975). He hosted the show 8 times from 1976 to 1980. He has hosted the show a total of 13 times.
- Harris (Steve Martin) quotes poems in L.A STORY that Martin previously quoted in THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS (1983).
- In the sequence of ¡THREE AMIGOS! (1986) where they have to say magic words to summon the invisible swordsman, one of his magic words is Hfuhruhurr, his character's name in THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS
- He and Scott Caan did not get along during NOVOCAINE (2001) filming due to Caan's reckless behavior toward a stunt person in a scene in which his character smashes a beer bottle over the head of a man in a bar.
- Steve Martin hopes to marry again - a librarian?
- He is not a womanizer but a romantic.
- Has composed many songs.
- He plays banjo/guitar/sings.
- His real persona is not wild/crazy.
- Nominated for Best Dance Sequence at MTV Movie Awards for BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (2004)
- Nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for FATHER OF THE BRIDE PART II (1996)
- Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1992)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for PARENTHOOD (1990)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for ROXANNE (1988)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for ALL OF ME (1985)
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1982)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special at Emmy Awards for Van Dyke and Company (1976)
Quotes- On kids cavorting: "Sure, there were times in the movie when the kids got so out of hand you'd want to send them to bed ... or handcuff them to the bed frame. But in real life, they were all just bright and sunny. Did they make me laugh? Kids don't do one-liners; their personalities are funny. I once asked two parents why their children were so fabulous and they said `We raised them with humour.' I thought that was a great answer."
- On phones a-ringing: "I still think cell phones are the tool of the devil and I figured something out about them the other day. When you call someone and the voice says `If you'd like to leave a message, press 1,' and then after you've left your message they say `Press 5 for more options,' you know what they're doing? They're killing air time and it's all going to add up on your bill."
- On being nominated for the Golden Globes five times, but never winning: "Awards are funny things. As Nora Ephron once said `When you sit down to write the first page of your new screenplay, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.'
- On careers careering: "Yes, I'm an actor, a playwright and a novelist, but don't forget juggling, too. I don't rate my talents. They come as they come. You don't make career choices. It just happens to you. I never planned to be an actor. I wanted to be a comic. If I'd started out as an actor, I'd still be on the audition line, for sure."
- On favorite films: "I've made over 30 movies, so I don't really have one that I prefer over all the others, but sometimes I think back with extraordinary fondness on the circumstances surrounding the making of the picture and two that fall into that category are DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and ROXANNE."
- On how he enjoys physical comedy: "It's fun. You use every part of your body. It's something I've done a lot and something (that) comes natural. And you feel funny when you're doing it, so it's a nice feeling."
- "What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."
- "I believe that sex is the most beautiful, natural, and wholesome thing that money can buy."
- "I wrote a novel this year called 'Shop Girl,' and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, "If you think you're going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending... that's going to cost you."
- (While hosting the 73rd Annual Academy Awards) "And now, I'm pleased to introduce the star of the film 'Gladiator,' and a man I like to call a close, personal friend, but he told me not to..."
- "The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself."
- "All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work."
Awards- American Cinematheque Award (2004)
- Boston Film Festival: Film Excellence Award (2001)
- American Comedy Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy (2000)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actor (1993)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actor (1992)
- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1988)
- National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, ROXANNE (1988)
- Writers Guild of America: Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, ROXANNE (1988)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, ROXANNE (1987)
- National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor for All of Me (1985)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, ALL OF ME (1984)
- Writers Guild of America: Variety, Musical or Comedy, Steve Martin: All Commercials (1981)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1969)
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