We All Possess The Need To Dream.

For One Of My Specials, I Said, "i'm Going To Make An Airplane Disappear." Okay! And The Next Day, Everything Went Crazy - It Was Like Breaking The Internet Before The Internet.

For Me, I Was Watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming Movies, And I Said, "i Want To Tell Stories Like That. I Want To Move People Like That. But I'm Good At Magic, So What Am I Going To Do?" So I Started Using Magic For The Right Reasons - To Get The Girl.

My Father Kind Of Encouraged Me Through That. Exactly,[work] Not As An Actor, Obviously, But As Someone In Show Business That Had Some Success. He Told Me To Live The Impossible. "live The Impossible!"

I'm Really Happy That I Had The Foundations Of Knowing Where I Came From.

You'd Go In The Magic Shop [as An 8-year-old ], And You'd Walk Up To The Magicians Doing Stuff, And They'd Turn Their Back On You. "oh My Gosh, I Wish They Would Accept Me." It Really Lit A Fire. I Really Wanted To Succeed.