Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
beauty
If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.
almost appear blood continue cut head indian knife magic magician money says street takes tends trick wanders
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.
apt sad
I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.
audience engaging experiment hell magic perform time
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.
understanding viewers
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.
art form lie magic people
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
art
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.
absolute certainly given science spare
Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.
art threat
If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.
joke merely people street time work
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.'
gore
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.
human
Ultimately, a timeless story has to be about the human condition.
shocked solve though
When you attack a problem as though it were solvable, even though you don't know how to solve it, you will be shocked with what you come up with. It's 100 times more worth it. It's never 100 times harder.
believe both sure turn ultimately
We need to make sure that the things we are already working on turn out to do the things we believe they can do and creating value both for the world and ultimately for Google.