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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.

— Criss Angel

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

— Penn Jillette

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.

— Steve Valentine

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

— Teller

Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure.

— Alan Moore

There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

— Penn Jillette

I've always performed magic as a kid.

— Michael Carbonaro

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.

— Michael Carbonaro

Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits.

— Ellen Muth

✗Opposing Perspectives

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

— Criss Angel

I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick.

— Drummond Money-Coutts