Teller Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“People take reality for granted.”

“People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time is it?' And I'll say, you know, '5:15,' and they'll say, 'Hey! Made you talk!' And that's merely a way of saying, 'I know your work and I like you.'”

“Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.”

“I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.”

“If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.”

“If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.”

“In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.”

“Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.”

“The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.”

“To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.”