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# February 08, 2011
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/post-3183589420/
- Published: 2011-02-08T10:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T15:36:35.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: steve martin, quote, #import-tumblr-2026-08-27, notes

> Be undeniably good. When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cause it’s not the answer they wanted to hear — what they want to hear is here’s how you get an agent, here’s how you write a script, here’s how you do this — but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’ If somebody’s thinking, ‘How can I be really good?’, people are going to come to you. It’s much easier doing it that way than going to cocktail parties.  
>  
> — Steve Martin (via [petervidani](http://blog.petervidani.com/?ref=drewshannon.net))