I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have.
I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the narrator, and I think it's important to know the point of view from which these tales are told: the moral makeup of the teller.
I did plenty of jobs that I hated. I was a bank teller and terrible at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker.
Redemption isn't giving a bank robber a job as a teller.
Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.
Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team.
Trust the tale, not the teller.
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.