Derren Brown

I don't like big spiders in the house.

— Derren Brown

I am a movie geek, yes!

— Derren Brown

I think it's important to be sort of nice.

— Derren Brown

Magic should get under people's skins.

— Derren Brown

If you do magic, it's the quickest most fraudulent route to impressing people.

— Derren Brown

In real life, when I can avoid anything stressful, I do.

— Derren Brown

Have your cake and eat it... there's no other reason to have a cake

— Derren Brown

“I'd rather cut off my own balls with blunt bacon scissors than host a dinner party.”

— Derren Brown

I was a Christian when I was young and didn't know any better.

— Derren Brown

Magic is not inherently anything. It is what you sell it as.

— Derren Brown

“Everything worthwhile in your life draws its meaning from the fact you will die.”

— Derren Brown

For every moment of concentration there is an equal moment of relaxation.

— Derren Brown

If something's stressful I've always tended to just find ways of avoiding it rather than rising to meet it or try to…

— Derren Brown

When you're made to be frightened within a safe context, like watching a horror film, you have that tension/release which triggers all…

— Derren Brown

The big, fun, ambitious ideas tend to come out of the frustration of talking for too long about the smaller, weaselly ones.

— Derren Brown

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

I had a natural aptitude for wanting to be the centre of attention and a definite skill for annoying people.

— Derren Brown

...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants.

— Derren Brown

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities.

— Derren Brown

I'm finally having my TV removed and replaced by a tropical fish tank, which I hope will provide more interesting viewing.

— Derren Brown

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

Relationships are very good at making you more conscious of yourself. Especially as you get older, you develop a crust around your…

— Derren Brown

Seems the seance has become the most complained-about show. It received 700 complaints. I might add that the prospect of me blowing…

— Derren Brown

I think the sheer hell of trying to get a film made; I don't know if it would ultimately be worth it.…

— Derren Brown

It's a controlling thing on stage - you're directing the action, getting people to play their role. In real life, I take…

— Derren Brown

I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage…

— Derren Brown

In magic we have a variety of "uses" for our art beyond magic itself, which reminds me of the notion of art…

— Derren Brown

If you're a comedian, it's a bit of a choice whether or not you want to be funny when you're not performing…

— Derren Brown

“The abnegation of empathy in the case of something as complex and variable as sexual taste is a dangerous thing. The particular…

— Derren Brown

“There is a common response from people when they hear that in the absence of evidence to convince me otherwise I don’t…

— Derren Brown

“It is intoxicating in the first six months of love to pledge ourselves for the rest of our lives. It is also…

— Derren Brown

“The True Believer ignores anything that doesn't fit his belief system. Instead, he inevitably comes to hold those beliefs at a very…

— Derren Brown

“Moreover, knowledge and investigation help promote wonder they do not destroy it. Whatever our tastes, we can generally appreciate such things as…

— Derren Brown

I like to eat other people's food in restaurants.

— Derren Brown

Not everything is about causing controversy. That would be a very boring way to go.

— Derren Brown

I control the conditions so my testers become my testees.

— Derren Brown

I'm probably a little shyer than people imagine.

— Derren Brown

Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.

— Derren Brown

I had no sense of 'Gotta work hard to be famous.' Never have done, and still don't.

— Derren Brown

Kindness and compassion aren't political qualities even though they get politicized.

— Derren Brown