Steve Martin: Off the Wall

Take a trip back to Aug 24th, 1987 to check out the eight page cover story about the life of Steve Martin and a discussion with the man himself.

"I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven," he recalls. "I bought books on magic. I did magic acts for my parents and their friends. I was aiming for show business from early days, and magic was the poor man's way of getting in: you buy a trick for $2, and you've got an act." - Steve Martin

Click here to read the entire story direct from Time.com