[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.

I have always looked to movies and theatre for inspiration.

I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.

Normally, I do magic on the stage. But I can make magic credible and resonate through a TV screen.

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

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.

Tommy Chong connects to the pipe a lot.