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.

My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."

Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, "Ah, that's cool."

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

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 discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.

Usually, about two years of work go into each illusion, whether it's big or small. Two years of work on each five-minute piece.