Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jilletteis an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth5 March 1955
CityGreenfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking stuff politician
I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.
ideas health-and-life celebration
I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life.
comedian magician wanted
I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.
thinking vegas people
I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.
thinking media
I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.
records world firsts
I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
christian play numbers
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.
sports talking use
I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.
boys mama mamas-boy
I'm an amazing mama's boy.
voice scripts comedy
I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
alcohol drug drink
I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
taken rights insanity
I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.
crazy thinking people
My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant.
stupid world doe
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.