Derren Brown quotes - page 6

I remember reading about a story about a guy – and this was in England, and no more than a couple of years ago. He'd gone to see a psychic, and was told there was a curse on his family, and in order to release the curse, he had to bring with him the following week £5,000 and burn it... if he didn't do that, either he or his son would die. The scam is quite a common one – the money is put in an envelope, and apparently burnt, but of course the ‘psychic' secretly switches the envelope and burns an envelope full of newspaper. What happened was the guy went away, and he knew he couldn't raise £5000, but didn't want his son to die; so he killed himself. (Derren Brown)
In 1957, James Vicary, a market researcher, conducted a six week test in a New Jersey movie theatre. A high-speed projector repeatedly and subliminally flashed the slogans ‘drink Coke' and ‘eat popcorn' over the film. I thought I'd make my own cinema ad to try something similar. According to Vicary, popcorn sales went up by 57.5% and Coke sales by 18.1%... Whether Vicary's results were due to the subliminals can never be shown and the experiment has become shrouded in urban myth. This is the Genesis Cinema in East London, which kindly agreed to include our ad amongst the trailers for a screening of Ocean's Twelve, a carefully chosen film which, if the ad works, the audience will not be able to remember. Not a bad thing. View quote
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(Speaking about Chris Ryan, ex-SAS) Charming! Sat there in his white jeans and wanted me to fail. I don't know what he had against me. I'm sure it was nothing to do with my over use of the word ‘podia', which I hoped would irritate him a little bit more than it did. Some people... View quote
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A lot of unconfident kids do tricks because it's the quickest route to impressing people," he explains. "You can stand behind something amazing and people think you're amazing. View quote
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(speaking in a solemn tone to a group of young school children) Now you know that your headmistress, Miss Davis, was going to come in here and just check that you were all going to be well behaved. She can't do that because, as many of you probably know, she can't be here today, er, because her pants fell down earlier on. It's not funny. If any of you see her, don't make a fuss because it's a bit embarrassing for her, OK? Alright? It's not funny. View quote
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(When asked about the method for a trick where a member of the public answers a public pay-phone only to immediately slump to the floor as if asleep) I was saying ‘there's fifty quid under the phone book. Just pretend. You're on TV'. View quote
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(Whilst having his makeup done) This is the makeup process. I've been here since half past five this morning. So would you say you're bringing out a beauty that's already there? How does it work? How do we hide the bald patch? View quote
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(In answer to the question ‘Were you at all scared of Chris Ryan?') I wasn't scared of Chris Ryan although I was a little bit put off by his white jeans. As a straight man that's been in the SAS I found that surprising and it did throw me a little bit.. View quote
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(Whilst having his makeup done) View quote
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