Martin Short
Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short CMis a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, voice actor, singer and producer. He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has starred in comedy films, such as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Three Fugitives, Father of the Bride, Pure Luck, Father of the Bride Part II, Mars Attacks!and Jungle 2 Jungle, and created the characters Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. He has won a Tony Award for Leading Actor in a Musical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 March 1950
CityHamilton, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
[Ed Grimley] lives in a retirement home in New Jersey. It's called the Retirement Home in New Jersey for Characters Who Were Interesting in the '80s for About an Hour. He's there with the Whiners, Gumby and Jon Lovitz's 'That's the ticket' guy.
I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.
You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.
When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way.
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
No one is any one thing.
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.
I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.
A few years ago, I won a Tony for Little Me and I learned two important lessons from that experience. 1. Fair-weather friends are so much more interesting to be around and 2. It's amazing what this award fetches on E-Bay.
Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.
You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.
Years ago, I found that being that excited about something so commonplace, like what to wear on an airplane, was kind of engaging.