I got to watch Frank Capra, in his eighties, in action. You read all the stories about Frank Capra fighting with the head of Columbia, Harry Cohn, "It's my way or the highway." I got to watch that. He lambasted me, "You cannot do this. You will fail." Finally, after another hour of conversation, I convinced him to help me write the speech.

As I did more of that, I realized, "Well, maybe I should do more magic."

I fell in love with magic acts and bridged into that.

My dreams are my dress rehearsals for my future.

I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden's pants

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.