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I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.
Ricky Jay -
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
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The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
Ricky Jay -
Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.
Ricky Jay -
I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.
Ricky Jay -
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 -
My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.
Ricky Jay -
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