It's Okay For Me To Be Gay,

When You See Me Do A Five-minute Thing, There's Been About Two Years Of Preparation Behind That. You Know, I Find That's What It Takes To Really Make It The Level Of Quality I Prefer.

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.

Everything That You'd See On The Ed Sullivan Show Was At The Tannen's Magic. You'd Think That If You Could Afford A Trick Like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, Then You Could Be On The Ed Sullivan Show As An 8-year-old Kid.

There Were Really A Bunch Of Old, Old Magic Hobbyists At The Time, Some Of Them Who Actually Had Known [harry] Houdini. You Had To Be 14 To Go To These Meetings, And He Snuck Me In At 12. It Was Glorious.

You Lose Your Sense Of Wonder The More You Learn, Right? When You Go To Film School And Learn About Moviemaking, You Go To See Movies And Then Only See Where The Lights Are, Where The Cuts Are, Watching It From A Technical Basis, Nodding Your Head, "oh, That Was Good." The Feeling Of Surprise, The Feeling Of Being Transported Is Further Away.