I'm pretty fortunate that I'm in the films I'm in largely because the directors have asked me to be in them. I'd love to do more of them, but the writing and historical stuff I'll probably always do.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.

The turkeys I eat are raised on farms. They're different. They've signed on the dotted line.

The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin,

It's amazing", he whispered, "to know that my purpose in life is sitting in front of me.

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries no man can ignore all of them.

Half the Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.

I love the magic of movies and television, and I always have since I was kid.

Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.

God is God and I am not. I can only see a part of the picture He's painting.