As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things. — Teller Dark Copy Share Image
Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years. — Teller Controlled Copy Share Image
I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters. — Teller Always Copy Share Image
When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable. — Teller Becomes Copy Share Image
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art. — Teller Art Copy Share Image
The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced… — Teller Communication Copy Share Image
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for… — Teller Absolute Copy Share Image
People do not come to a Penn & Teller show to see a magic show. They just don't. They come to see… — Teller Backs Copy Share Image
In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make… — Teller About Copy Share Image
People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time… — Teller Come Copy Share Image
Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and… — Teller Almost Copy Share Image
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there. — Teller Directions Copy Share Image
If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome. — Teller Art Copy Share Image
To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good. — Teller Being Copy Share Image
Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.' — Teller Am Copy Share Image
Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking. — Teller Absolutely Copy Share Image
In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives. — Teller America Copy Share Image
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information. — Teller About Copy Share Image
Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team. — Teller Comedy Copy Share Image
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do… — Teller Asks Copy Share Image
The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives. — Teller America Copy Share Image
If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before… — Teller Beat Copy Share Image
“Try that yourself sometime: Take something (or someone) you love, and -in your imagination- say goodbye forever right now. Grieve for a… — Teller Grieve Copy Share Image
Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. — Teller Anyone Copy Share Image
Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple. — Teller Eyes Copy Share Image
