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

I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.

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

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!"

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

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

I got to watch Frank Capra, in his eighties, in action. You read all the stories about Frank Capra fighting with the head of Columbia, Harry Cohn, "It's my way or the highway." I got to watch that. He lambasted me, "You cannot do this. You will fail." Finally, after another hour of conversation, I convinced him to help me write the speech.