You have to realise that hypnosis doesn't exist: it just works on people's natural suggestibility, their expectations and capacity to unconsciously role… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When I started doing magic I was quite obsessive about it. I didn't feel impressive and I had a strong desire to… — Derren Brown Creative energy Copy Share Image
A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Feeling we have to be constantly updated about the lives of our friends and that everything we say has to be out… — Derren Brown Anger Copy Share Image
I went to a party when I was a student and they had a mynah bird up in the bedroom where people… — Derren Brown Bird Copy Share Image
In recent years there's been a lot of philosophical theorising about how important magic is, and how it takes us back to… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“If you do grow up feeling as though you don't quite fit in as a child, it's very easy to decide you're… — Derren Brown Children Copy Share Image
“When others inspire us, they tend to do so through the clear expression of these sketchy, adumbrated thoughts we ourselves have known… — Derren Brown Inspiration Copy Share Image
I remember Doritos launched a new flavour and the question was whether I could use my skills - as they perceived them… — Derren Brown Control Copy Share Image
The people who are most susceptible to hypnosis - the rugger bugger types - were also the ones who intimidated me most… — Derren Brown Hypnosis Copy Share Image
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… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians,… — Derren Brown Every night Copy Share Image
Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking constantly tries… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I have got friends that I have got to know and found out that, the first few times I was with them,… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
For a long time, I couldn't just sit and have a conversation with people at a table without showing them a trick.… — Derren Brown Communication Copy Share Image
Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I do always look back and feel faintly embarrassed by anything I've done in the past. I think that's not a terrible… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
