He wanted to do it himself and so I put a quarter in his hand and made it disappear inside his hand. He had the feeling of doing magic and he couldn't believe it. His mother said he wouldn't give up trying to make coins disappear for weeks. Then I realized that every single father in the world, in the galaxy, should have the ability to do stuff like this for their kid. There's nothing like it.

Seeing a child react like this reminded me of when I saw magic when I was a kid. My best friend had a dad who could do a few tricks. He had these red wooden balls. He would start with one, and then suddenly he'd have two and three, multiplying between his fingers. He wound up with four, one between every finger.

It was soooo cool. Where did they COME from and how could he do it with one hand? That guy was a superhero.

Doing magic. It makes people talk. How about if you're a salesman taking clients to dinner. Why not perform a couple of mystifying stunts to get the thing going? I got my role on As The World Turns because people saw some magic I did. I met Nicholas Cage, Eric Roberts and Billy Joel while performing sleight of hand.

The thing about magic is it takes people outside themselves. I've seen it happen again and again. They light up because it's so different from standard reality.

That's why I started the site... not to give away the art of illusion but to give the common man a chance to learn magic and have a great deal of fun with it.