Latest Ricky Jay Quotes from Interviews

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• Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

  Ricky Jay

  People, Acting, Lucky

  Source: film.avclub.com

• Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstores and libraries is an obsession. And writing about this is an obsession. I think, in general, most collectors are obsessed. I think the only form of a rationalized greed is when you're collecting something you are supposedly serious about.

  Ricky Jay

  Writing, Thinking, Greed

  Source: film.avclub.com

• Once you get into the era of the printed book, it gets a little easier. After years and years, you make a serious survey of that literature, and then you make it more specific depending on what kind of case appears. I never set out to collect material on cheating at bowling, but I found out that after 20 years, I had a lot of material on cheating at bowling.

  Ricky Jay

  Cheating, Book, Literature

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It probably is harder to fool people when they know they're going to be fooled.

  Ricky Jay

  People, Fool, Fooled

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling.

  Ricky Jay

  Feelings, Fool, Fool Me

  Source: www.avclub.com

• There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."

  Ricky Jay

  Clever, People, Challenges

  Source: www.avclub.com

• One of the reasons I don't like to use the word "tricks" , I do think of them as theatrical pieces, and as pretentious as that might sound, there's a real reason for it. It's not the idea of tricking you; it's the idea of taking you along on this particular journey the way you would in any other theatrical situation. But, hopefully, you're going to be fooled at the end.

  Ricky Jay

  Real, Journey, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'm pretty fortunate that I'm in the films I'm in largely because the directors have asked me to be in them. I'd love to do more of them, but the writing and historical stuff I'll probably always do.

  Ricky Jay

  Writing, Historical, Film

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I wouldn't want to try to make a living as an actor. I think actors... I give them a lot of credit for what they go through, but putting myself on the line like that would make me crazy.

  Ricky Jay

  Crazy, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.avclub.com