I Really Did Sneak Into

Reading [judd Apatow] Book, About His Background, I Think There's A Great Similarity. What Gives Him The Fire To Work Hard? He Worked Hard, Researching The Comedians Of The Time, What Touched Him About It.

As I Did More Of That, I Realized, "well, Maybe I Should Do More Magic."

It Wasn't Just About Doing Tricks. It's About Taking An Audience To Another Place, A Special Place, So They Can Really Suspend Their Disbelief. Its About Amazing The Audience As Well As Moving Them.

My Job Is To Make People Dream. Of Course, There's A Lot Of Technical Stuff Behind The Scenes And A Lot Of Hard Work Behind It, But I Get To Watch People See The Result Of That Hard Work And Feel That Wonder And Feel That Discovery, All The Time.

I've Always Taken A Lot Of Cues From Comedy Minds. The Guy That Discovered Me In The Very Beginning Was Joseph Cates. Joe And Gil Cates Were The Cates Brothers. Gil Produced The Oscars For Many Years. Joe Produced A Lot Of Comedy Specials, Steve Martin Specials, And He Discovered Me, This 18-year-old Kid.