I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.

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

Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals.

Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

When you tell other people to do stuff they don't know how to do, they tend to freak out.