Penn Jillette Quotes

Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It's just such a curious thing.

I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.

If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.

My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.

One day, I saw a magic show, and I was like, 'I have to learn how to do this!' Every time I went to Las Vegas, I had to get at least two or three tricks from the magic shops.

The problem with stage magic is that it looks really good, but everyone knows there's a trick box.

I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.

I've always performed magic as a kid.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

I always wanted to do magic tricks - I feel like that could be the the next wave.

I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.

My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

If I had auditioned for 'Merlin' on magic alone, I don't think I'd have got it. Like any kid, I probably had a magic kit, but it's not something I ever pursued. I've never watched a magic show like David Copperfield or used him to base my character on, but I really like David Blaine and Darren Brown. They are doing wonders.

I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.

If people are fans of 'Mindfreak,' they are going to be so excited with 'Believe.' They are actually going to see those illusions that people think can only happen with trick photography.

I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.

It was just like a digital fixation with cards and math and science and then I started to look at images of great magicians from Houdini down the line.

I've always done magic as a hobby. I've done it professionally, too.

I never quite know how to describe what I do. I normally just say, 'Oh, I'm a magician', which probably puts fairly naff ideas in people's minds but is pleasantly conversation-stopping.

What I do is rooted in magic - it's got a big foot planted firmly in conjuring, even if the other foot's planted in psychological techniques.

I'm a magician. A lot of people don't know that I've won awards. I used to do big stage shows.