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Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.

One day, I saw a magic show, and I was like, 'I have to learn how to do this!' Every time I went to Las Vegas, I had to get at least two or three tricks from the magic shops.

Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.

When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.

I realised how much misdirection is in stunt co-coordinating. It's similar to magic, the tricks we use to make people think the stunt is real. I also have a lifelong fascination with gambling cheats. I'm not one, but I do have a fascination with it.

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.