“The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.”
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“It's really exciting to be in a film that people actually want to go and see! I was having to pay people to see my movies!”
“I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.”
“I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.”
“Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.”
“Theft annoys me more than anything else. The purloining of effects from another magician. Some people think it's massive to steal the secrets of nuclear reactors, but to steal a card move is trivial. They're wrong.”
“There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."”
“It probably is harder to fool people when they know they're going to be fooled.”
“I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went.”
“I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.”
“I've followed freedom for a long time and I finally feel I've got more of it. People talk about the money that I've given up and the money that I've lost. But the knowledge and the wisdom that I've gotten from this experience is priceless.”
“It's funny, people say 'Welcome back' when I haven't gone anywhere.”
“My whole thing in life is I just want freedom. I thought that money would give me that freedom. I was wrong. It bound me more than it freed me, because now I had more things to worry about, more people asking for money, I thought I had to buy a house and nice cars and different things that people with money are supposed to do.”
“I've always been shy, but in New Orleans there were times my shyness would cause me actual physical pain. I'd get so claustrophobic around people that I'd bend over from the sickness in my stomach. That's not a good way to be when you're famous, obviously.”
“One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking about me.”
“People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life works, but it's not bugging me anymore.”
“I made all my mistakes playing with people.”
“From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I'm still doing it. I still love it so that's why I do it.”
“I'm quite honored by it. They [people] tell me that , 'If it hadn't of been for you, I wouldn't have played drums.' Hey, don't blame me, I was just up there doing my stuff. So no, I never take it as any real pressure.”
“I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.”