I like dealing with parents whose children have been arrested for the first time, ... It's one of the few times that one can make a difference, so I try to make the experience so terrifying that they never want to come back.

[•] How Does He Do That? ... Pan The Camera 45 Degrees.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

The reaction was good until I wanted to make it a career. And they said, 'Well, maybe you shouldn't do that. They didn't know I could really make a living at this business. They were a little afraid. Because it was uncharted territory, really.

He encouraged me to make every illusion about my personal dreams and my personal nightmares. So I took that idea and made it about everyone else's dreams . . . It's very moving and very emotional.

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.