Question: How would you characterize your relationship with Teller?
Penn Jillette: Business partners, I mean, the most important thing about our partnership is it's not based on cuddly love and affection. I mean, over 35 years, I mean, by many definitions he has to be my best friend. I mean, he's the person I talk to when my mom and dad died. He was there when my, you know, right after my children were born. He's all of those things but we're much more like two guys who own a dry cleaning business, you know, many of your show business partnerships start in love."
and later: "So he's become my best friend but in a very circuitous route through respect and through work."
That's why saying that "aren't really friends in real life" isn't precisely accurate, even if they only hang out once a year. They see and work with each other nearly every day for thirty years, and there's huge mutual respect and admiration. I guess it depends on how you define friendship, but... yeah, I think that's a friendship and a damn solid one, too. It just wasn't BFFs-at-first-sight.
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Question: How would you characterize your relationship with Teller?
Penn Jillette: Business partners, I mean, the most important thing about our partnership is it's not based on cuddly love and affection. I mean, over 35 years, I mean, by many definitions he has to be my best friend. I mean, he's the person I talk to when my mom and dad died. He was there when my, you know, right after my children were born. He's all of those things but we're much more like two guys who own a dry cleaning business, you know, many of your show business partnerships start in love."
and later: "So he's become my best friend but in a very circuitous route through respect and through work."
That's why saying that "aren't really friends in real life" isn't precisely accurate, even if they only hang out once a year. They see and work with each other nearly every day for thirty years, and there's huge mutual respect and admiration. I guess it depends on how you define friendship, but... yeah, I think that's a friendship and a damn solid one, too. It just wasn't BFFs-at-first-sight.