Phrase by 'Ricky Jay'

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Theft annoys me more than anything else. The purloining of effects from another magician. Some people think it's massive to steal the secrets of nuclear reactors, but to steal a card move is trivial. They're wrong.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Me , People , Think , Some People


One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Know , Best , Plumber , Guys


Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Live , Job , Challenge , Performance


Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  History , Art , Fool , Magic


I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just... interested.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Never , Family , Talk , Grandfather


I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Always , Long , Out , Radio


I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Writing , Stage , Young , Comfortable


Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Who , Think , First , Cards


My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  Father , Daughter , Mother , King


I wasn't obsessed by magic. People say, 'How you can you claim you practiced eight hours a day and weren't obsessed?' Well, people go to a job they don't even like for eight hours a day; it's not obsessive if it's something you like.

Author: Ricky Jay - American Actor
  You , People , Day , Job


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