There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."

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

I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

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'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

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