Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jilletteis an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth5 March 1955
CityGreenfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
blue sky rude
I'm not greedy. I have love, blue skies, and Hallmark cards, and that has to be enough. It has to be enough, but it's everything in the world - and everything in the world is plenty for me. It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.
sexy thinking blood
I like movies that are scary, but I don't want them to be dirt dumb. I want a movie that gets my blood racing, makes me laugh, but also gives me something to think about, with maybe a little sexy thrown in. Hollywood doesn't make movies like that.
atheist smart brave
You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don’t know”.
libertarian sound republican
You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
eye thinking interesting
I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosphere where it's possible that he doesn't get enough feedback, enough people rolling their eyes at him. It's a danger more in show business than it is with wealth.
skills television littles
I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something that's very, very difficult.
magic disrespectful modern
Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.
mother suffering imagine
If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.
feelings
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.
crazy nice tolerance
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
government political speech
There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.
jobs skills careers
There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.
atheist believe way
I believe that the best way to become an atheist is to read the bible
taken care comedy
Comedy is taken care of by a free market.