"Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing……" — Ricky Jay
"Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary."
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27 Quotes by Ricky Jay
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If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
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I grew up like Athena—covered with playing cards instead of armor—and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV…
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The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
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Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.
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I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things…
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I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds…
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For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be…
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I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.
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I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.
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I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show…
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Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a…
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I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying…
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
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