Never Take "no" For An

I Was Teaching Magic At Nyu When I Was 16.

For Me, It's About Risk Taking, Taking Things In New Directions. Because Every Single Time, No Matter How Much You Learn, You Can Never Say, "okay, I Did The Hardest Thing I Ever Did. I'm Prepared Now. Now It's Going To Be Easy." Of Course It's Not Easy.

When The Time Came To Say, "mom, I Want To Do This As A Job," It Was Brutal. She Was Really Against It. There Were Screaming Matches. Some People Are Shut Down By That And Get Defeated By It, And Other People Are Empowered By The Negativity. My Father Kind Of Encouraged Me Through That.

All Of The [bob] Fosse-esque Movements And Point Of View Informed Years And Years Of What I Would Do.

Like In Comedy, You Know The Names Of The People Who Steal Things That Others Work Really Hard On. It Really Sucks. And, In Magic, It's Not Just The Hard Work Of Getting The Words And Attitude And Point Of View Right; You're Taking An Actual Invention, Making Something Over Three Or Four Years, And Somebody Can Just Take It.