Colin Morgan Quotes

I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.

If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

I started performing when I was 9 or 10, doing magic.

Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.

I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties. I can still perform a vanish, credibly, and I still, in special circumstances, will make a balloon animal.

If people are fans of 'Mindfreak,' they are going to be so excited with 'Believe.' They are actually going to see those illusions that people think can only happen with trick photography.

I had a magic kit. I never really followed through on it, but I had my phase of wanting to do it, sure.

I've always performed magic as a kid.

I've always done magic as a hobby. I've done it professionally, too.

I'm a magician. A lot of people don't know that I've won awards. I used to do big stage shows.

My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It's just such a curious thing.

I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

One day, I saw a magic show, and I was like, 'I have to learn how to do this!' Every time I went to Las Vegas, I had to get at least two or three tricks from the magic shops.

I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.

The problem with stage magic is that it looks really good, but everyone knows there's a trick box.

All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.

I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.

For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

I always wanted to do magic tricks - I feel like that could be the the next wave.

Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.

Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.