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
business care easy nice stuff together values
It's a business partnership. And I think we do better stuff together than we do separately. It's very easy ? we have the same values and morality. ... I think the nice thing is we care about the show more than we care about each other.
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.'
mean car guy
Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.
light car rivals
I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.
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.
taken care comedy
Comedy is taken care of by a free market.
both carlin civil comparing exact found george later notes time
The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin and I both said that at the exact same time. That's the first thing that popped into our head.
believe honesty incredibly
In all honesty, I believe we're fair, and incredibly biased. These are two different things. On our show there are no ambushes.
dearly friend last loved means night talked worked
It's really not good, ... I mean, when I talked to Siegfried last night, he said, you know, it was going to be OK. You have no idea what that means. It means a friend that he's loved dearly and worked with for 28 years -- his heart's still beating, and there's still hope.
cheesy intend penn teller until
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
life totally
I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.
business marriage straight though totally
I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business.
uplifting words
It kind of makes me feel great, because words still have power, ... I just like how uplifting the idea is: Words are powerful.
guy laptop needed
The reason I'm an I.B.M.-type guy today is that I really needed a laptop back in 1986, and I just couldn't wait for the Powerbook.