I love what I'm doing, I love creating new things.

I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

I'm the luckiest man in the world - performing 500 shows a year and loving what I do - illusion IS my day to day life.

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.

Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a trick like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, then you could be on The Ed Sullivan Show as an 8-year-old kid.

You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn their back on you. "Oh my gosh, I wish they would accept me." It really lit a fire. I really wanted to succeed.