Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder biscuits and the best shrimp cocktails that ever were.

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

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

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 grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

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 started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.