"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
"I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter."
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Source: Steve Martin on Objects of Beauty. Interview with Rita Braver, www.cbsnews.com. December 5, 2010.
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