Steve Martin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q16473: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Father of the Bride, which ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins credits them on.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (20 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (29) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career pivot): Father of the Bride → Steve Martin. The film cements Martin's shift from wild-and-crazy comic to America's dad and starts mainstream Steve Martin (Oscars host, etc.).
    “I don't think he like hosts the Oscars or does any of his sort of just kind of America's dad stuff without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:01:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (built around star): Father of the Bride → Steve Martin. Martin was cast before the screenplay was written; the movie was built around him.
    “Steve Martin cast before they wrote the screenplay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:53:35 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (admired): Steve Martin → Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick reportedly wrote Steve Martin asking for notes on The Jerk.
    “Kubrick was like sending letters to Steve Martin about the jerk”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:16:49 · Patton Oswalt (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (career apex): The Jerk → Steve Martin. The Jerk and SNL in 1978-79 are Martin's true Apex Mountain as the biggest comic in the world.
    “it's probably 1978 or 1979 range when he's got the jerk out. He's the biggest comic in the world.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:01:38 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (peer Apex Mountain): Steve Martin → Diane Keaton. Both Martin and Keaton had their true peaks 13-14 years before this movie.
    “So what's interesting is they both have their Apex Mountain. Right. Like 13, 14 years before this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:02:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Steve Martin → Eyes Wide Shut. Kubrick loved The Jerk and talked to Steve Martin about the lead.
    “Simon, Steve Martin, he loved the jerk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Steve Martin: At the NY Film Critics awards he thanked 'so many distinguished critics and Rex Reed' after Reed's column about his win.
    “it is a great honor to have been given this award by so many distinguished critics and Rex Reed.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:53:20 · Katey Rich (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Steve Martin: Martin gave up stand-up because he was so famous at it that crowds treated him like a jukebox, and he wrote a book about it.
    “they were like jukebox, he became a jukebox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)