Steve Martin is asked whether he would rather win a Pulitzer or an Oscar. “Well, since the odds of either are almost zero, I would… I’m trying to think what would hurt my friends more,” he laughed. “I think a Pulitzer would hurt people more.”
Comedian, actor, author, and Grammy-award-winning banjo player Steve Martin has been collecting art and active in the art world for decades, and was once romantically involved with Cindy Sherman. On the occasion of the release of his 2010 novel about the art world, An Object of Beauty, Martin spoke with CBS Sunday Morning about his experiences in the art world and collecting.