Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — Who Wants

I'm Trying To Change Theater, In My Own Way - Not Just Magic. I Say That Humbly, Because I'm Learning Every Single Day. I Do 15 Shows A Week, And Every Single Audience I Have Is Like A Test Screening For You, When You Listen And Go, "really? They Laughed At That?" All Over The Stage I Have Lines, Written Onstage, That I'm Changing Every Single Day.

I Really Wanted To Succeed. I Wanted To Be Accepted. I Read Every Magic Book That I Possibly Could, Studied Every Move, And By The Time I Was 12, They Really Accepted Me, They Embraced Me.

It Wasn't Just About Doing Tricks. It's About Taking An Audience To Another Place, A Special Place, So They Can Really Suspend Their Disbelief. Its About Amazing The Audience As Well As Moving Them.

Magic Came Very Easy For Me When I Was A Kid. When I Was 8 Years Old I Started Doing It, And By The Time I Was 12, I Was Already Published In Magic Books

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.