Actor/comedian/screenwriter/playwright and novelist Steve Martin on this edition of Fresh Air. His new novel The Pleasure of My Company follows his best selling novella Shopgirl (which he is making into a new film). He wrote the play Picasso at The Lapin Agile and is the author of a collection of short stories, Cruel Shoes. Martin's screenwriting credits include L.A. Story, and Roxanne. He has also starred in such films as: The Jerk, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Lonely Guy, Parenthood, Father of the Bride, Housesitter, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, All of Me, The Man with Two Brains, Sgt Bilko, Leap of Faith, Little Shop of Horrors. He also won a Grammy Award for his album Let's Get Small. (Broadcast Date: October 6, 2003)
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