I'm A Horrible Karaoke Singer.

There Was Another Guy Suggested. He Was A Tall And Dark-haired And Jewy, And I Said, "no, He's Too Close To Me." It Ended Up Being Jerry Seinfeld.

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.

I Really Wanted To Succeed. I Wanted To Be Accepted. I Read Every Magic Book That I Possibly Could, Studied Every Move, And By The Time I Was 12, They Really Accepted Me, They Embraced Me.

I Went To Visit Frank Capra, One Of My Idols, And Did A Kind Of Judd Apatow Interview With Him. I Said, "i'd Like The Statue Of Liberty To Disappear, But I Want To Do It As A Lesson In Freedom, How Valuable Freedom Is And What The World Would Be Like Without Liberty." And Frank Capra Looked At Me And Said, "david, I Love Your Idea, But Here's What You're Going To Do. You're Going To Try And It's Not Going To Work; It's Not Going To Disappear." And I Said, "mr. Capra, I Can't Do That."

It Is The Unspoken Ethic Of All Magicians To Not Reveal The Secrets.