It probably is harder to fool people when they know they're going to be fooled.

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

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 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.

I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling.

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.