Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves. — Derren Brown Education Copy Share Image
I love touring, more than anything. Doing the stage show is a more enjoyable process than TV. There are no safeguards but… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“We might never rid ourselves of a lingering anxiety regarding our death; this is a kind of tax we pay in return… — Derren Brown Anxiety Copy Share Image
We're terrible at realising what goes on in other people's heads because we are trapped inside our own. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When I was at University I had a sort of fear about going to the gym and that kind of blokeish environment,… — Derren Brown Environment Copy Share Image
When you're with your partner, I think, does everyone else sing and do the stupid voices and all that stuff that I… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not very sociable. If I get invited to a glamorous event I probably won't go. That world does not really appeal… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I've got a house full of taxidermy. It's like a museum. I have about 200 pieces in total, all ethically sourced. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
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 Action Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage… — Derren Brown Happiness Copy Share Image
Relationships are very good at making you more conscious of yourself. Especially as you get older, you develop a crust around your… — 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
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
I once had Rachel McAdams over for lunch, when she was with Michael Sheen, who's a friend of mine. — Derren Brown Friend Copy Share Image
When touring I get to travel around with my best friends, do a show I love and I'm confident people will enjoy,… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
To impress people as much as we would wish, we would first need to successfully adopt each of their value systems — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
People are just passively accepting what you tell them, so if you are on TV there is that greater responsibility to be… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I wasn't terribly sociable. I had two or three friends at school. I drew things, played with Lego. My parents left me… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through… — Derren Brown Experience Copy Share Image
I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Sexuality is often tied in with something you feel you lack in yourself and look for in others. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Most people's fear of being in front of an audience can generally be conquered by being completely on top of what it… — Derren Brown Audience Copy Share Image
I was in Leeds, just starting out, and I was hypnotising one person up on stage. Suddenly I had members of the… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Glenn Close is my favourite actress and she came to see the show in London once which was giddying. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Magic's quite a solitary pursuit - a thing you can do for hours and hours, getting better and better. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
A lot of unconfident kids do tricks because it's the quickest route to impressing people. You can stand behind something amazing and… — Derren Brown Amazing Copy Share Image
I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head,… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Things I've done in the past always make me cringe a bit. When I think back to being a Christian. Proselytising to… — Derren Brown Cringe Copy Share Image
That was how I started, as a hypnotist. But I didn't like the kind of gigs I was being offered. I didn't… — Derren Brown Being Copy Share Image
So I don't really suffer too badly from fears - I'm quite happy to engender them in other people though! — Derren Brown Fear Copy Share Image
A lot of unconfident kids do tricks because it's the quickest route to impressing people," he explains. "You can stand behind something… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I'll sometimes go a week or two without tweeting, and then when I'm in the mood, tweet loads, and clog up people's… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I like films that sort of play out in one confined area. Films that have a feeling that you're watching a play,… — Derren Brown Cinema Copy Share Image
I really do like being on stage. Compared to television I have a lot more control - it's a lot more relaxed… — Derren Brown Being Copy Share Image
I really liked 'Heist,' and that seems to be a popular favourite, but I think my personal favourite was 'Hero at 30,000… — Derren Brown Film Copy Share Image
Mentalist is the technical term for what I do and it covers everything from psychic medium through Uri Geller, through to magicians… — 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
