Steve Martin was at Manhattan’s Upper West Side 92nd Street Y Cultural and Community Center on Monday with an interview and Q & A segment to promote his new book, An Object of Beauty.
Martin, an actor, comedian, musician, and novelist, released his latest book on Nov. 23. The novel traveled with a Manhattan auction house intern through the New York art world during the past two decades.
Unfortunately according to news reports, some of the audience was unhappy with the artistic topics of discussion and direction of the interviewer. The center even returned some audience fees for the lecture.
“So the 92nd St. Y has determined that the course of its interviews should be dictated in real-time by its audience’s emails. Artists beware,” Martin tweeted on Wednesday.
Martin continues to joke about the experience via Twitter, like this tweet yesterday, “I am offering to erase my signature from signed books at 92nd St. Y.”
For those who missed Martin at the 92nd St. Y, an interview with Rita Braver will be aired on CBS’s Sunday Morning, followed by a sold-out live Q&A.
In the interview, Martin explained to Braver how his love of art had inspired his recent novel.
“I first started buying little antique store paintings and then hung a light over it in my apartment, and I thought ‘Wow, that looks great.’… Sometimes I liked the frames more than the paintings,” he said, according to CBS.
When asked for his preference of winning a Pulitzer or Oscar, Martin’s response was: “Well, since the odds of either are almost zero, I would … I’m trying to think what would hurt my friends more,” he said, laughing. “I think a Pulitzer would hurt people more.”
Fans can watch a live webcast of the interview on CBSNews.com at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
Martin, an actor, comedian, musician, and novelist, released his latest book on Nov. 23. The novel traveled with a Manhattan auction house intern through the New York art world during the past two decades.
Unfortunately according to news reports, some of the audience was unhappy with the artistic topics of discussion and direction of the interviewer. The center even returned some audience fees for the lecture.
“So the 92nd St. Y has determined that the course of its interviews should be dictated in real-time by its audience’s emails. Artists beware,” Martin tweeted on Wednesday.
Martin continues to joke about the experience via Twitter, like this tweet yesterday, “I am offering to erase my signature from signed books at 92nd St. Y.”
For those who missed Martin at the 92nd St. Y, an interview with Rita Braver will be aired on CBS’s Sunday Morning, followed by a sold-out live Q&A.
In the interview, Martin explained to Braver how his love of art had inspired his recent novel.
“I first started buying little antique store paintings and then hung a light over it in my apartment, and I thought ‘Wow, that looks great.’… Sometimes I liked the frames more than the paintings,” he said, according to CBS.
When asked for his preference of winning a Pulitzer or Oscar, Martin’s response was: “Well, since the odds of either are almost zero, I would … I’m trying to think what would hurt my friends more,” he said, laughing. “I think a Pulitzer would hurt people more.”
Fans can watch a live webcast of the interview on CBSNews.com at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
