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I'm Really Trying Hard Not To Do Anything That Has Been Done Before. So Knowing Everything I Can About The Legacy Of Magic Challenges My Team And I To Invent New Illusions.

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.

My Father Wanted To Be An Actor, Dreamed About Being An Actor, But He Gave It Up Because My Mom And His Family Told Him, "you're Never Going To Make It; It's Too Tough Out There."

[producers] Took Me To Chicago At 18 To Star In A Show That Ran For Almost A Year. And That's When My Parents Said, "okay, I Guess You Can Quit Fordham." Of Course, When That Show Closed, As You Can Imagine, I Came To New York And Starved For Years, But It's Never An Easy Road.

You Can Feel Better About Yourself In A Very Short Period Of Time Depending On The Kind Of Magic That You Are Doing.