My Dreams Are My Dress Rehearsals For

[producers] Took Me To Chicago At 18 To Star In A Show That Ran For Almost A Year. And That's When My Parents Said, "okay, I Guess You Can Quit Fordham." Of Course, When That Show Closed, As You Can Imagine, I Came To New York And Starved For Years, But It's Never An Easy Road.

I'm Inventing New Principles. The Audience Has A Point Of View That No One Can Predict.

I See People's Need To Dream, People's Need To Escape - You See It! That's Why People Come To Comedy Shows, That's Why They Come To Your Movies ... We're So Needed In This World. Not As Much As Medicine , But To Dream For A While.

I Was A Captive And A Slave. I Loved Dora Spenlow To Distraction! She Was More Than Human To Me. She Was A Fairy, A Sylph, I Dont Know What She Was--anything That No One Ever Saw, And Everything That Everybody Ever Wanted.

What I've Tried To Do In My Stage Magic Is To Take A Trick And Give It An Emotional Hook.