It's Okay For Me To Be Gay,

Like In Comedy, You Know The Names Of The People Who Steal Things That Others Work Really Hard On. It Really Sucks. And, In Magic, It's Not Just The Hard Work Of Getting The Words And Attitude And Point Of View Right; You're Taking An Actual Invention, Making Something Over Three Or Four Years, And Somebody Can Just Take It.

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."

I Invented Magic Stuff; It Came Very Easily. Now, I Sucked At Everything Else, But I Was Good At Magic As A Kid.

In Magic, It Takes Two Or Three Years For Me To Create A 5-minute Illusion For Me To Get It To The Level I Want.

When You See Me Do A Five-minute Thing, There's Been About Two Years Of Preparation Behind That. You Know, I Find That's What It Takes To Really Make It The Level Of Quality I Prefer.