My father kind of encouraged me through that. Exactly,[work] not as an actor, obviously, but as someone in show business that had some success. He told me to live the impossible. "Live the impossible!"

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

My mother was really loving and wonderful and tough as hell.

My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."

My uncle's house burned down when I was 6 years old. We got out safely. But ever since, I've had a nightmare of dying in a fire.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.