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Steve Martin

I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way.

Steve Martin

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Steve Martin is saying that backstory often fails to fully capture the true psychological reasons behind a person's behavior. He suggests that these explanations are always incomplete or slightly off, leaving the real truth about why someone is the way they are unknown.

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