It's Okay For Me To Be Gay,

Everyone Was Talking About Having Airplanes Disappear. And I Said, "wait, Wait, Wait. That's What You Like? I'd Tell You A Story About Something Like My Girlfriend Leaving Me, And The Magic Was Really Hard. The Airplane Thing Was Comparatively Easy, And People Liked That Thing?" I Realized At That Moment, The Power Of The Simple Idea.

I Had A Point Of View, Which Was Different. I Looked At Magic As Theater, As Storytelling, And I Tried To Have An Approach That Was Different From What They Were Doing. "how Can I Move People And Really Get Them To Dream With A Card Trick, With Coin Magic, Or Even A Piece Of Stage Magic?"

I Got To Watch Frank Capra, In His Eighties, In Action. You Read All The Stories About Frank Capra Fighting With The Head Of Columbia, Harry Cohn, "it's My Way Or The Highway." I Got To Watch That. He Lambasted Me, "you Cannot Do This. You Will Fail." Finally, After Another Hour Of Conversation, I Convinced Him To Help Me Write The Speech.

Everyone Understands Cards And Relates To It. They Have Them In Their Homes And In Their Hands, So It Makes Them Very Accessible.

For Me To Grow, I Have To Know About The Foundation That Came Before.