I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.

That's kind of what we have here. I think we've just grown apart, we have different philosophies, and we're going in different directions.

One of the funniest lines in my show was written for me by Alan Bursky. I really want to learn this routine!

That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.