Normally, I do magic on the stage. But I can make magic credible and resonate through a TV screen.
I fell in love with magic acts and bridged into that.
I'm a magician, not a singer.
For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
Reading [Judd Apatow] book, about his background, I think there's a great similarity. What gives him the fire to work hard? He worked hard, researching the comedians of the time, what touched him about it.
If you ever saw All That Jazz [1979], Bob Fosse was kind of raised dancing in strip joints and the whole era of burlesque, and that form ran his visual aesthetic, the pacing and rhythm of what he did.