I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't really want to be a comedian.
I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.
When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.
To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.
I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize that comedy magicians usually couldn't do comedy or magic.
I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
I don't want to be 'the magician'; I want to be an innocent bystander along with the magical moment.
You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.
I wanted to be a comedian.
I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.