As I Did More Of That, I

I Discovered That Magic Tricks Got Me More Attention From The Girls In My Class When I Was Nine - So A Magician Was Born!

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.

I'm Fascinated By The Similarities And Differences Between Comedians And Magicians.

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.

To Make [parents] Happy, I Went To Fordham University For Three Weeks, While At The Same Time Running Ads In Variety, "magician-actor David Copperfield."