You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you go to see movies and then only see where the lights are, where the cuts are, watching it from a technical basis, nodding your head, "Oh, that was good." The feeling of surprise, the feeling of being transported is further away.

The more educated you get, the better shot you have to get it right, but if you're really trying something different, it's a challenge every time.

There was another guy suggested. He was a tall and dark-haired and Jewy, and I said, "No, he's too close to me." It ended up being Jerry Seinfeld.

There were really a bunch of old, old magic hobbyists at the time, some of them who actually had known [Harry] Houdini. You had to be 14 to go to these meetings, and he snuck me in at 12. It was glorious.

I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.

It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.