Steve Martin Talks His Success, the 'Bright Star Musical and More on the Stern Show

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To add to his big lists of guests on his show, Howard Stern welcomed legendary comedian Steve Martin to the show.

Together Stern and Martin discussed his early life and success, the Bright Star Musical and much more on the SiriusXM Stern Show.

Stern kicked off the interview by talking about Martin's five Grammys and called him a true genius. Martin said you aren't ever sure what a genius in comedy is and while you're actually working your don't actually enjoy it.

However, after you get done with it you start to enjoy it more.

The host got into Martin's early life growing up in Texas and the transition to Martin's father moving the family out to Los Angeles because he wanted to become an actor.

Martin did not find out that his father wanted to be an actor until later on in his life and that their relationship was pretty complicated.

"Howard said the movie The Jerk was so great but his father was critical of it. Steve said he forgot about this," according to MarskFriggin's rundown.

"He said that they went to the premier of the movie and they went out to dinner after. He said his father said nothing about the movie. He said his friend asked his dad, Glen, what he thought of it.

He said he called his dad Glen too. Howard said that's odd that he didn't do that.

Steve said he found out later that was odd. Steve said his friend asked Glen what he thought and he said 'Well, he's no Charlie Chaplain.'"

Stern questioned Martin as to whether he believed his father was jealous of him but Martin said it was hard to gauge what his father is thinking. His father had ambitions to be famous but all of that went out of the window when he had kids and had to work to support his family.

Stern said there was a disconnect with Martin and his parents. Martin told Stern he couldn't wait to get a house of his own.

Martin started working for Disneyland at the age of 10 and made $3 a weekend. He told a story about buying a pair of shorts for $4.50 and his father having an issue with it because it was an extravagant purchase.

Martin loved comedy but the definition of a comedian wasn't really something he had.

The interview jumped into various projects and television show appearances such as Saturday Night Live (SNL), the Johnny Carson Show and the Tonight Show. Stern plugged the Bright Star Musical but called it a play many times, causing Martin to correct him.

The interview was highly extensive and touched on plenty of aspects from Martin's life. You can preview the Bright Star Musical and find dates here. For the entire transcript of the interview with Stern, click here.