Monday, May 19, 2008

Steve Martin on Keeping it Simple

Dixie: What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?

C. D. Bales: Huh?

Dixie: It's a riddle. What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?

C. D. Bales: I don't know.

Dixie: A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush.

C. D. Bales: What's the point?
Dixie: The point is that sometimes the answer is so obvious, you don't even realize it. It's as plain as the nose on your face.

From the film Roxanne, 1987
Screenplay by Steve Martin
Released by Columbia Pictures

Source: imdb.com