Never Take "no" For An Answer.

My Dreams Are My Dress Rehearsals For My Future.

I Could Vanish The Silk Better Than Ben Vereen - That Was For Sure. So I Think Maybe They Said, "okay, Maybe He Has Something To Offer." Years Pass And I Get A Bit Of A Career, And Ben Vereen Ends Up Hosting One Of My Specials Where I Walked Through The Great Wall Of China. Things Came Full Circle In Kind Of An Ironic Way, When You Have That Honor Of People That Have Influenced You So Much Host Your Show. It's A Huge Experience In Your Life.

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

I'm A Big Fan Of The Pixar Movies, And Ed Catmull, Who Wrote A Book About His Experiences Producing Them, Talks About How It Takes Three Or Four Years To Get It Right.

I Was An Only Child. We Were So Poor, My Parents And I Had The Same Room.