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I Have A Bunch Of Islands In The Bahamas That We Made Into This Amazing, Magical Place. And We Have These Birds; They're Trained To Do Certain Things On The Island, Which Is Awesome. These Toucans Had A Baby Toucan, And The Baby Toucan, Every Hour That You'd Look At This Toucan, He Would Change.

The Inspiration For My Illusions Comes From Many Places. Most Often They Come From My Dreams, Or An Everyday Occurrence In Life.

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.

Magicians Are The People Who Began To Use Film As An Illusion On Stage.

I Went To Visit Frank Capra, One Of My Idols, And Did A Kind Of Judd Apatow Interview With Him. I Said, "i'd Like The Statue Of Liberty To Disappear, But I Want To Do It As A Lesson In Freedom, How Valuable Freedom Is And What The World Would Be Like Without Liberty." And Frank Capra Looked At Me And Said, "david, I Love Your Idea, But Here's What You're Going To Do. You're Going To Try And It's Not Going To Work; It's Not Going To Disappear." And I Said, "mr. Capra, I Can't Do That."