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Or, as Steve Martin’s character Navin R. Johnson declares in the 1979 movie The Jerk when he receives his new phonebook, ‘I’m somebody now!

I don't need this stuff, and I don't need *you*. I don't need anything. Except this. [picks up an ashtray] Navin R. Johnson: And that's the only thing I need is *this*.

There’s a scene in Steve Martin’s 1970s big screen debut, The Jerk, in which his character Navin R Johnson lies in bed next to his new love recounting their fledgling romance.

Martin is Navin R Johnson (Martin) a naive young man who had it all - wealth, power and a loving wife, all of it earned by himself. Then he lost it all, again all by himself.

East Coast Cruisin' Pt I Crafty Pint / 03.11.10 There’s a scene in Steve Martin’s 1970s big screen debut, The Jerk, in which his character Navin R Johnson lies in bed ...