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.

  • -- Steve Martin 史蒂夫·马丁

我意识到当时的喜剧演员都是靠笑话和妙语来表演的。当你说到笑点的时候,观众要么真诚地笑,要么自动地笑,要么不笑。使我烦恼的是那种不由自主的笑声。我说,那不是真正的笑。

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What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

不过,我最喜欢的还是与那些对食物真正感兴趣的人见面,并与他们分享想法。美食是一个全球性的东西,我发现总有一些新的和惊人的学习-我爱它!

I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty.

我打字比说话还快。我为此感到非常自豪。我打字很快。我必须这样做,因为角色是实时的,我必须跟上他们。他们居然给了我一笔版税,真是个奇迹。

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

我曾经有一张清单,上面列着我的同学们想要什么样的艺术材料。我要去伦敦西区,花一整天的时间打点东西。

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.

你生命中的最后一天仍然是一天。