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
boys mama mamas-boy
I'm an amazing mama's boy.
voice scripts comedy
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
alcohol drug drink
I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
taken rights insanity
I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.
crazy thinking people
My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant.
stupid world doe
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.
art want entertainment
Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.
real philadelphia festivals
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals.
believe mean doubt
I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.
mean eight hands
I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.
people acting tvs
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
art thinking littles
I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.
christian running voice
In my run-ins with Christians... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't seem to be the kind of people that are waiting to hear voices to tell them what to do.
thinking names care
It's only the losers named 'Dave' that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think? They're named 'Dave.'