Steve Martin Shares the Best Career Advice He Ever Received (2016)

[@MrVisde]

This interview in 2016 got me to listen to Steve Martin’s audiobook. Amazing career. His standup career was short but he absolutely killed it. Reached the top and decided he wanted to do something else.

[@keefriff99]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles made me laugh the way Steve described…when he was cursing out Edie McClurg, I curled up into a ball and couldn’t breathe I was laughing so hard.

[@travisinthetrunk]

And her reply was the most perfect moment in cinema.

[@dianapevtsov]

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[@mecarr]

Best movie ever

[@mem1701movies]

The TV version has him only saying that “he wants a car...NOW!” And she says “you’re screwed.”

[@lindagarland5223]

That line is hilarious! Thx for sharing.

[@stef10ziggy]

I love the philosophical perspective he brought to comedy. Pure artistry.

[@mr.monitor.]

I went to see Steve Martin play the banjo and sing some songs with his band. It was one of the finest shows I ever went to. He's hilarious and talented.

[@kylethompson4829]

The Jerk is one of the best comedy’s ever made. He was hilarious

[@MrBronx61]

"You mean I'm going to stay this color?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@williamwilson6499]

Comedy’s what?

[@kylethompson4829]

@@williamwilson6499 ever made

[@Mutorcsym1391]

He was amazing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.!! As well as everything else.

[@butterflymoon6368]

Your punctuation betrays your message.

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Oh my gosh. I love that movie!!!!!🏆

[@blaster-zy7xx]

Great movie!

[@djquinn11]

Great film.

[@markgolden8710]

One of the best, (under the radar) movies ever!

[@tiredofit4761]

Steve Martin is a legend

[@RawloftheDead]

Howard: ask a question and then answer for you. Let Steve answer your question

[@HOPEat]

Steve Martin is a Class Act.

[@BrianKellison]

These deep dives into the craft are amazing. Thanks for these slices from the full interviews.

[@ClifHaley]

"It wasn't a revelation, it was a theory." That's pretty damn deep.

[@jodi2847]

And risky as hell. But as he said, "You had to."

[@billlozier5551]

Steve could bomb and be hysterical doing it. His facial expressions broke me up. Planes Trains & Automobiles is a comedy masterpiece that I watch every year around Thanksgiving.

[@davidjorgensen877]

Steve is great, but the film is comedy Candy.

[@billlozier5551]

@@davidjorgensen877 nice. Candy deserved an Oscar.

[@ginor8416]

Steve Martin is the jazz of stand up comedy. His Letterman sketches had me dying of laughter

[@A.I-GAMING]

Best standup there ever was or ever will be, the true king of comedy.

[@DMSlater]

Incredibly humble and authentically so

[@ClwkInstnct]

Listened to his audio book and it couldnt have been more beautiful, especially if you're a comedian

[@lindagarland5223]

I saw him at The Boarding House on Bush Street in SF, mid-70's. Geez, almost 50 years ago. He was hilarious that night as he was just getting out there. .

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Greetings fellow San Franciscan! 🙂

[@kevn99]

Amazing you are able to recall the night at all after 50 years! I can’t recall 90% of the content I saw in the 80s/90s.

[@lindagarland5223]

@@kevn99 My memory is soooo good for rote stuff. The street address was 960 Bush Street. 😉

[@TTM9691]

That's great, that's the best (part of an) interview I've ever heard of Steve Martin.

[@karb58benefits]

as a young boy he made me laugh. introduced me to comedy. love the guy still.

[@groovybuddha667]

As a brand new dj on the scene in downtown denver this clip resonates with me.

[@joelrobinson1332]

Share a link to your stuff if you want.

[@tonelocrian]

Taking notes is key. Polishing the craft is constant.

[@tbjul]

An excellent, insightful set of questions

[@paullemiremusic3101]

“My special purpose” is authentic laughter from me

[@andrewpinner3181]

Thanks Howard. Have always loved Steve Martin.

[@satchvanjohnson41]

This guy did Planes Trains and Automobiles with the Late great John Candy, and John Hughes at the directing helm. Arguably one of the best films of the 80s. If he did nothing else in his career that would have been a huge achievement anyway.

[@BoycottChinaa]

3 Amigos

[@unclebrucelive]

Planes Trains and Automobiles - my favorite movie

[@stanleymellin1425]

Steve Martin ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-er1xz4zq9v]

Steve Martin is one of the best!

[@bradhardisty1652]

The stories of his residencies at Exit / In at Nashville are still discussed and remembered. His first appearance on.the Tonight Show he said he was from Nashville was interesting in that context. I'd love to see a bio pic about those times.

[@TheMjphoto45]

This is what Howard does best. Steve is a comic genius

[@Chesterton7]

Yes, one of his best interviews on comedy.

[@finnsterling6514]

"Hey! Okay! 🎵 Grandpaaaaa bought a rubber.🎶" This may sum up perfectly his comedic philosophy on the second type of laughter.

[@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730]

Congratulations on Grandpa bought a rubber....been saying that for 50 years and nobody gets it......you are first......

[@finnsterling6514]

@@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 Ha. Awesome! But now the question needs to be asked... In what circumstances do you typically sing about Grandpa buying a condom? 😄😄😄

[@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730]

@@finnsterling6514 unusual ones.....obviously!

[@Kaddywompous]

My favorite story from his book is when he’s talking about performing in some coffee shop after these two musicians named Buckingham and Nicks.

[@shamzamancomic6945]

What a legend! 🔥

[@michaelst7680]

I saw Steve Martin at Alpine Valley near Whitewater WI., . Outdoor ampitheater, seating about 18,000 people, around 1978, long before giant TV screens at concerts. He opened with his "Magic Dime" trick. The rest of the show was even funnier.

[@Steve-dk7ec]

Lol......I was at that show .....up on the lawn...

[@EWS-sy3hr]

Alpine Valley is in East Troy, WI.

[@Steve-dk7ec]

@@EWS-sy3hr Yes,......good to hear they haven't moved it.

[@kimraylong]

Please tell me what the "Magic Dime" trick is. I have been searching for it in my magic literature library. Please help me.

[@xtrachrisb488]

​@@EWS-sy3hr which is a small town near the bigger town of Whitewater

[@topnotch4564]

Beautiful advice.

[@thequickthinker]

Very interesting! Kudos to Howard for another great interview!

[@FishKungfu]

I love Steve Martin!

[@2010dame]

LEGEND!!

[@RogerPeet]

The best career advice I ever got was, 'Always wipe everything down' You know, for prints. Thx 'Throttle Bob'

[@latentsea]

Thx Uncle Twisty

[@lgwappo]

Best advise I ever heard was "Always keep a litter bag in your car."

[@DC05570]

Steve is my favorite Martin…

[@HarryD738]

"...and then Bob Einstein lived above, I lived below..." RIP Super.

[@lynnturman8157]

Steve Martin was always a comedic outlier. He was either going to bomb completely & go nowhere OR become a comedy rock star. No in between.

[@ktpinnacle]

So many very bright entertainers.

[@lazabrkonja1637]

Best example of the kind of laugh he was after - The Great Flydini

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Fantastic interview!!😊

[@eadg4life1]

Great introspection and critiquing himself.

[@tara5742]

With different roles, Steve Martin would have easily been a sex icon. Seriously, think of George Clooney, Sean Connery, and Sydney Poitier. Steve Martin has always been super handsome and charismatic in my eyes. Being funny and silly was just the icing on the cake.

[@Ukiyo-e-sama]

Interesting analysis of laughter.

[@dmlevitt]

pure talent

[@MrBimirud]

I don't understand how a human can look exactly the same for 45 years.

[@boysdontcry5487]

When Howard actually just sits back and listens, he’s really good, world class. It basically took him 25 years to learn to stfu.

[@rayc7192]

that must have been after this interview

[@alecaquino4306]

@@rayc7192 LOL 😂

[@JonnyDIY]

Now I want ice tea 😑

[@DavidRussellM]

Love it!

[@MrNutter77]

I wonder if Howard really needs a guest he could just ask and answer the question

[@nathanstrubhart]

Legend.

[@michaeljacksin9367]

I love "be so good they cant ignore you"and I raise "be so good they try to assassinate your character"

[@craigglennon8527]

I love ❤️ watching his 👋 hands the gentle way he talks with them.

[@michaeltootikian4402]

Great interview

[@shac9131]

Steve Martin is in the top 3 greatest of all male comedians, in my opinion. Sensational actor, and ironically we share the same birthday, along with Magic Johnson.

[@kalebpost20]

It’s hard to argue against Steve, that’s for sure.

[@minutesunlimited4250]

The Birthday thing is just outstanding, we are totally impressed

[@makiburgess5733]

You might want to look up the word “ironically.”

[@richardcronkhite2090]

A comedian...My brother (Phi Sig Kappa) worked security. I simply had to listern and understand. A great... No Doubt

[@Seemsayin]

You know Howard had to be preoccupied with the chance that Steve's cup would tip over onto the couch.

[@paulsmodels]

Howard didn't seem to care about letting Steve talk, he just wanted Howard Stern to talk. Stopped 1/3 of the way through this nonsense.

[@mikewhite4560]

Simply the BEST 👌 Tina Turner

[@monmixer]

That's actually brilliant in cities with popular bars that people come to any way. The club doesn't have to pay you. So they think why not. So long as their customers don't get al pissed about the cover charge and most will not. Some will watch the show and some will not. the ones that watch grow your audience.

[@KENNEY1023]

He's a genius

[@SerZachariah]

"Son, you got an oblique sense of humor."

[@bryanweis]

Thank you very much

[@philipmartin3075]

Genius

[@edwardsawtell5712]

Housesitter with Goldie Hawn! That did it for me. Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral!

[@davecarpenter7370]

I saw Steve at The Birdcage theater when I was a kid. He was so funny. The play he was in was not necessarily a comedy but he was the center of attention because he was being silly. People laughed at his facial expressions and movements.

[@Rob-dp3vr]

You just made that up. You're were at the Birdcage as a kid.

[@jonathancurran6851]

Has Martin Short done any interviews with Howard Stern (is now what I am thinking)? (Nes Manga)

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@shanemcfaddenable]

Was anybody else waiting for him to knock his drink over?

[@edscott4729]

The second kind of laughter was what Andy Griffith strived for on his show in 1960.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Howard keeps trying to butter him up, but Steve is too humble.

[@LB-ty6ks]

This was a very good interview.

[@TheHannibalTV]

👍

[@Judasmac]

Howard Stern is a primo interviewer. (And he knows how to mic himself.)

[@brucelee4996]

Time for an authorized Steve Martin documentary.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

We will be watching

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

His Mark Twain award speech causes the kind of sustained laugher he talks about here.

[@carl_anderson9315]

Steve Martin: “I don’t wanna do punchline jokes” Norm McDonald: “a frog gets into a bank…”

[@ChernobieffPiano]

Nothing made me laugh harder when he said " Those aren't pillows".

[@travisk4215]

See you back on the mothership, Steve.

[@foto21]

I haven't seen any teens on youtube killing it, but I guess I haven't heard of them. I've seen musicians killing it, but still not many great songwriters. In terms of comedy, I've seen essentially nothing.

[@MrChrismlamorte]

My Blue Heaven = Hilarious!

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

excuuuuuuuuuuuse meeeeeeeeeee!

[@geoffwales8646]

Howard Stern should listen a whole lot more, and talk a whole lot less.

[@rikki.stardustt]

good interviewers ask questions youd ask great interviewers ask things you wouldnt think to ask

[@tdh0903]

Before watching this I'm going to guess his best advice ever received..... Put down the damn banjo!

[@tshirtsnjeans]

Stern: Did you do, because you, and then, you did, but then, what about, were you?

[@johnurban7333]

Howard seems to know more about Steve Martin then Steve Martin. Seemed to try to put words in his mouth

[@ccrider8483]

Maybe just Howard's way of keeping the focus on himself rather than the guest.

[@rsmith5981]

Yes but Steve corrected Howard more than once. I think Howard does this sometimes as a way to prod the guest for deeper personal perspectives. I loved the response about theory vs revelation

[@joecap2919]

King Tut

[@sharonmchugh7730]

Howard your questions are too probing & disrespectful for Steve '

[@mattwatts33]

Gary Muledeer 😂

[@bryanbergdale2779]

I didn't catch the advice he received

[@ClayBlasdel44]

Stern is so pushy, he plays both roles - himself and Maritn. There no need for Stever to be there. Howard can ask and answer all the Q's.

[@jpetersgoyanks]

That’s a soft take

[@whiskersb5296]

Does Steve’s voice sound weird here?

[@patrickbateman7904]

You did understand that most peoples’ voices change when they get older?

[@WoRLDs_CoLLiDiNG]

imagining selling out is tough until you listen to howard money talks and bullshit walks

[@justusbowman]

Howard: "You are good at that." Steve: "No." Howard: "That's very clever." Steve: "No." lol Something tells me Mr. Martin doesn't do well with compliments.

[@todd3563]

Howard's questions are too damn long. You can see Steve talk over him in frustration.

[@jameshenderson3989]

get a friggin table for the guest drinks already,...wtf