You have to learn certain skills to present magic.

The inspiration for my illusions comes from many places. Most often they come from my dreams, or an everyday occurrence in life.

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against it. There were screaming matches. Some people are shut down by that and get defeated by it, and other people are empowered by the negativity. My father kind of encouraged me through that.