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Steve Martin Success Tip 2

Steve Martin Success Tip 2

Steve Martin's key trick

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Scott Dikkers
Jun 01, 2024
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Here’s another excerpt from that conversation between Steve Martin and the two New Yorker Adams. In this one, he discusses the perils of thinking of someone as a “genius.”

Steve Martin: I think it’s actually bad now if somebody comes and sees me, they’ll similarly think, “Oh, it's a genius. It's not a funny guy. That last line wasn't so genius.” Genius, …

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