American - Entertainer | February 14, 1948 -
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
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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.
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In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.
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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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I'm a lazy sod.
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As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.
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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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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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I believe in art.
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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.
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Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.
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People take reality for granted.
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