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== [[Real Life]] ==
* The ironically-named Teller of illusionist duo [[Penn & Teller]]. Teller is small, silent, subtle and extremely polite, while Penn is a [[Large Ham| big, loud, flashy, long-winded and obnoxious]] type who [[Motor Mouth| never shuts up]]. Penn behaves like this in every public appearance and never breaks character, giving them a unique advantage as magicians: everyone's so used to Penn's distracting behavior, it never occurs to them it's deliberate misdirection.
** Teller does, however, speak freely when he is not "in character", i.e. after shows to fans, in a few film roles, and in print and radio interviews (though in the latter he often jokes that he can't be the real Teller - because, of course, Teller never talks). In stage and television appearances he is always silent, though on some rare occasions he has been shown speaking in documentaries with his face obscured.
** Additionally, Penn Jillette has said that in their magic shows, Teller talks at least once during every show - but it has to be a gimmick. Things like being inaudible because a loud woodchipper is drowning out his voice, or speaking audibly but while pretending to be an animatronic puppet of himself, or simply arguing with Penn off-mic. Similarly, in their appearance on ''[[Babylon 5]]'' as comedy duo Rebo and Zooty, Teller's character used a device that spoke for him in a synthesized voice.
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