I used to make my living by understanding people. And the way I learned to understand them was by observing them. I would sit in a train station or a bus station or a restaurant. And I would watch people. I would watch how they related to one another. I would try to get some insight into them and make them as predictable as I could in my mind.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.

The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.

I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop - I'm poking fun at street hustlers. I didn't quite make as much money as one would gambling, but it was a lot safer.

Whether you are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, young or old, cancer knows no boundaries.

Every society in every period does or doesn't talk about certain topics. We don't discuss money much; it's almost certain that most people don't know how much their colleagues earn. The Victorians, in contrast, were very happy to discuss money. They weren't, however, happy to discuss sex.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had.