There's something a bit embarrassing about saying you're a magician. It immediately suggests all these horrendous cliches, let alone that you're a… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
It used to frustrate me when I'd get celebrities on my shows and I had to meet them as this ludicrous magician… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
And the nature of magic is all in the person's experience. Whether the magician is using a highly complex sleight of hand… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Magic, whether it's mind magic or conjuring, is about the cheapest and quickest way of impressing people, and I think if you… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
That's how I lived for 10 years in Bristol after graduating. I just stayed in my student flat and paid very little… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I never quite know how to describe what I do. I normally just say, 'Oh, I'm a magician', which probably puts fairly… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness. — Derren Brown Copy Share
I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage entertaining. If… — Derren Brown Copy Share
When you're with your partner, I think, does everyone else sing and do the stupid voices and all that stuff that I do and… — Derren Brown Copy Share
People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you… — Derren Brown Copy Share
Mentalist is the technical term for what I do and it covers everything from psychic medium through Uri Geller, through to magicians doing tricks… — Derren Brown Copy Share
“I'd rather cut off my own balls with blunt bacon scissors than host a dinner party.” — Derren Brown Copy Share
There's something a bit embarrassing about saying you're a magician. It immediately suggests all these horrendous cliches, let alone that you're a grown-up doing… — Derren Brown Copy Share
Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of novelty — Derren Brown Copy Share
I have got friends that I have got to know and found out that, the first few times I was with them, they were… — Derren Brown Copy Share
Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators… — Derren Brown Copy Share
I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head, I just… — Derren Brown Copy Share
I was part of a very uncool group. It was a group that liked classical music. They were known as the Music School Gang… — Derren Brown Copy Share
Guilt's too strong a word, but there is this niggling worry that I'm a grown-up doing a childish job and it would be nice… — Derren Brown Copy Share
If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated donation would be split up evenly… — Derren Brown Copy Share
If people have very big personalities, I find myself feeling I have nothing to offer. — Derren Brown Copy Share
![“When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would not be quite that quick and easy. Real magic would take investment. Real magic would draw you in, and make you nervous.” quote by Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dea/derren-brown-3112_aces_when-the-magician-clicks-his-fingers-and_2100588.jpg)
