In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake about that, you're dead. You know, you're out on the street corner. You think there's no bus coming. You step out, you're dead. Teller beginbuscome share on social
To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good. Teller goodintrinsicpeople Change image and share on social
Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.' Teller ballcrapgenerally Change image and share on social
The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look at each other and really confront that moment. Teller confrontconversationforce Change image and share on social
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. Teller bloodcontinuecrowd share on social
If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there. Teller directiongoreread Change image and share on social
The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art. Teller artexploreplace Change image and share on social
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information. Teller digestinformationmagic Change image and share on social
Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. Teller expectmagicspend Change image and share on social