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I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.

In the UK and the US especially you've got a lot of throwaway artists who have their 40 million dancers and they do their show. There's many artists who would not do a live show because they know they can't.

For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.

Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.

Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.

Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.