Martin Short

I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears. ↗

— Martin Short

#death #i #imagined #my own #myself

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done. ↗

— Martin Short

#assignments #done #enter #head #out

I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit. ↗

— Martin Short

#drop #i #know #nice #nice things

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue. ↗

— Martin Short

#father #had #i #irish #irish catholic

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows. ↗

— Martin Short

#actor #being #character #character actor #eyebrows

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. ↗

— Martin Short

#get #improvisation #material #much #possible

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence. ↗

— Martin Short

#being #confidence #five #fueled #you

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. ↗

— Martin Short

#audience #defy #expectations #fun #hate

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career. ↗

— Martin Short

#career #i #kind #luxury #objective

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny. ↗

— Martin Short

#family #funny #i #i think #siblings