Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else’s vision. Penn Jillette Read Quote
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing – actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals. Penn Jillette Read Quote
It wasn’t success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together – within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people’s goal. Penn Jillette Read Quote
I’m a hardcore libertarian – I want everything legal – but I also believe that you have the right to free association. Penn Jillette Read Quote
I’m a big fan of huge populations of people, so you’d think with 300 million people in the country, you don’t even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful. Penn Jillette Read Quote
But it’s much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it’s more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen. Penn Jillette Read Quote
Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you’re old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you’ve learned that difference. Penn Jillette Read Quote