458 Quotes by Penn Jillette

I like movies that are scary, but I don’t want them to be dirt dumb. I want a movie that gets my blood racing, makes me laugh, but also gives me something to think about, with maybe a little sexy thrown in. Hollywood doesn’t make movies like that.

Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else’s vision.

I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making ‘Dawn of the Dead,’ he was coaching his son’s little league team.

There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can’t really perform live at all – don’t really have jobs and skills.

Well, it’s not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I’ll spend to find out how to get people more of it.

I don’t believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don’t believe in punishment.

The only place we were really told to tone it down – where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn’t – was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.

We need a president who realizes that there’s no government business in show business.

Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush – so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.