I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.