You have to learn certain skills to present magic.

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

For me, it's about risk taking, taking things in new directions. Because every single time, no matter how much you learn, you can never say, "Okay, I did the hardest thing I ever did. I'm prepared now. Now it's going to be easy." Of course it's not easy.

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

Let sleeping dogs lie — who wants to rouse 'em?

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