Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
controlled human magicians thousands
Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.
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The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look at each other and really confront that moment.
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People do not come to a Penn & Teller show to see a magic show. They just don't. They come to see weird stuff that they can see no place else, that will make them laugh and make the little hairs stand up on the backs of their necks.
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Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team.
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To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.
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The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.
assumed happily life
I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.
gore
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.
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People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time is it?' And I'll say, you know, '5:15,' and they'll say, 'Hey! Made you talk!' And that's merely a way of saying, 'I know your work and I like you.'
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If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
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Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.
art
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.
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Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
understanding viewers
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.