One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing.

Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to.

TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.

You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane!

I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.