[Producers] took me to Chicago at 18 to star in a show that ran for almost a year. And that's when my parents said, "Okay, I guess you can quit Fordham." Of course, when that show closed, as you can imagine, I came to New York and starved for years, but it's never an easy road.

Performing my show is something I constantly think about.

I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.

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.

In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist.