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Teller
Birthday:
14 February 1948
Birth Name:
Raymond Joseph Teller
Height:
173 cm
Biography
To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.
To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.
People take reality for granted.
People take reality for granted.
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.
The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.
The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
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.
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.
In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.
In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.
If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.
Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.
I believe in art.
I believe in art.
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.
Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.
Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.
Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.
Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.
I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.
I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.
Neuroscientists are novices at deception.
Neuroscientists are novices at deception.
Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team.
Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team.
As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.
As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.
Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.
Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.
Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like,'Here I am holding a red ball.'
Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like,'Here I am holding a red ball.'
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
Doing beautiful things is its own reward.
Doing beautiful things is its own reward.
I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.
I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.
Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.
Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.
I'm a lazy sod.
I'm a lazy sod.
Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and appear to cut his kid's head almost off. The magician then says to the crowd, 'Well I can continue to cut off my son's head or you can all give me some money.' Then he wanders around and takes 10 rupees from everyone and restores his son.
Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and appear to cut his kid's head almost off. The magician then says to the crowd, 'Well I can continue to cut off my son's head or you can all give me some money.' Then he wanders around and takes 10 rupees from everyone and restores his son.
If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.
If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.
Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.
Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.
When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.
When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.
In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake about that, you're dead. You know, you're out on the street corner. You think there's no bus coming. You step out, you're dead.
In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake about that, you're dead. You know, you're out on the street corner. You think there's no bus coming. You step out, you're dead.
If there existed even one psychic who had predicted that disaster, we'd be very, very interested. But, nope. What haunts me about 9/11 is the horrible knowledge that those who did the deed did it to further the divine will. Whenever we hear a politician bless killing, we should think twice.
If there existed even one psychic who had predicted that disaster, we'd be very, very interested. But, nope. What haunts me about 9/11 is the horrible knowledge that those who did the deed did it to further the divine will. Whenever we hear a politician bless killing, we should think twice.
Magic is the art of creating false (but funny or beautiful) cause-and-effect relationships. That's our area of expertise. When we do it on a stage, the audience is fooled, but only for the moment, only in the theater. They know they're watching a show. They know it's all tricks. They do not go home and try to float in the air or catch bullets in their teeth....
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Magic is the art of creating false (but funny or beautiful) cause-and-effect relationships. That's our area of expertise. When we do it on a stage, the audience is fooled, but only for the moment, only in the theater. They know they're watching a show. They know it's all tricks. They do not go home and try to float in the air or catch bullets in their teeth. [But] When we see scam artists peddling false cause-and-effect as reality; when we see the tools of theater and poetry used to victimize the vulnerable; when we sick people submitting to "medical procedures" that belong in a Three Stooges movie; all this enrages us.
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Teller
Teller was born on February 14, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Raymond Joseph Teller. He is a writer and producer, known for Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and An Honest Liar (2014).
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