I'm Steve Martin and welcome to master class.

I was talking to some students and they were saying things like, How do I get a agent?

Where do I get my head shots?

And I just thought, shouldn't The first thing you're thinking about is how do I be?

Good.

I have a little bit of a pet peeve for comedians who come out and say, How are we doing tonight?

You've blown one of the most important moments of your show.

Say, I'm sorry, we're out of the way.

We're going to talk about a lot of things.

We're gonna talk about my specific process like performing comedy, a move that over there we're going to talk about writing.

Editing is one of your most powerful tools that it's not working.

It's gone the next night.

Now what gets the laugh whenever it's the word that gets the laugh?

I always question it on.

Ultimate goal in mind is to work clean.

Well, then you should take off.

I never actually thought I was funny.

You may think I don't have any talent.

I guarantee you I had no talent.

No, remember you are a thought machine.

Everything you see here, experience is usable.

Oh, what?

Oh, whatever makes you unique as a performer.

Do it and know that there's room for you.

Hey, Welcome to Steve Martin's master class, huh?

Yeah.