"I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians."
"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television."
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"An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?"
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