It wasn’t just about doing tricks. It’s about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.
Marriage is like a formality for me.
You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
When people say you can’t do it – that it’s impossible – never lose hope. Just because they couldn’t doesn’t mean you can’t.
Dreams are illusions, and we can’t let go of them because we would be dead.
It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.
Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!
I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.
No, I think marriage is a great thing.
When I was a kid, people wanted to be an astronaut. Today, kids want to be famous, and that’s totally the wrong approach. You have to have authenticity in what you’re doing. You have to really care about the core message of what you’re saying, and then everything else will fall into place.
We all possess the need to dream.
In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we’re creating wonder. You’re starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn’t exist.
For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
It’s really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I’ve been really fortunate in that I’ve been able to perform such a diverse range of things.
You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.
I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.
There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.
No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.