I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.

I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction! She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I dont know what she was--anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted.

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

My father kind of encouraged me through that. Exactly,[work] not as an actor, obviously, but as someone in show business that had some success. He told me to live the impossible. "Live the impossible!"

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates. Joe and Gil Cates were the Cates brothers. Gil produced the Oscars for many years. Joe produced a lot of comedy specials, Steve Martin specials, and he discovered me, this 18-year-old kid.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.