I have always looked to movies and theatre for inspiration.

What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.

In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist.

For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

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

All of the [Bob] Fosse-esque movements and point of view informed years and years of what I would do.