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
Magic's quite a solitary pursuit - a thing you can do for hours and hours, getting better and better. — 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
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
What I do is rooted in magic - it's got a big foot planted firmly in conjuring, even if the other foot's… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choose. It can be… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Yes, I've had a slight feeling of wanting to reclaim some of the lifestyle I had in my 20s, which means poncing… — Derren Brown Clothes Copy Share Image
I am often dishonest in my techniques ... I happily admit to cheating, it's all part of the game. I hope some… — Derren Brown Cheating 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
If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated donation would be split… — Derren Brown Annapolis 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
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
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
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
Since turning 40 I happily moisturise - I have what's called a regime - but I'm always in two minds because I… — Derren Brown Fight Copy Share Image
If you aim to be controversial for the sake of it you'd end up with a very thin and meaningless show. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
The process of coming out is normally very disappointing. It's not that people react badly to it - they really don't care. — Derren Brown Care Copy Share Image
I don't want to be some extreme therapist. Although seeing someone's life change for the better is a really moving thing. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art. — Derren Brown Art Copy Share Image
We forget our health and comfort and notice a pinching shoe. Much of living well is detaching from our boring stories of… — 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 Character Copy Share Image
I'm a British psychological illusionist, which is a term I made up, but I do these kind of mind-reading and psychological experiments.… — Derren Brown British Copy Share Image
I was part of a very uncool group. It was a group that liked classical music. They were known as the Music… — Derren Brown Classical music Copy Share Image
...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants. — Derren Brown Astonishment Copy Share Image
I had a natural aptitude for wanting to be the centre of attention and a definite skill for annoying people. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
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 Alone Copy Share Image
The big, fun, ambitious ideas tend to come out of the frustration of talking for too long about the smaller, weaselly ones. — Derren Brown Ambition Copy Share Image
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 Film Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a couple of dogs and I live with my partner. We just like to sit and read and I'm generally… — Derren Brown Dogs 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 Adults Copy Share Image
Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered… — Derren Brown Honesty Copy Share Image
When we find ourselves in groups or with charismatic individuals, we might do things we wouldn't ordinarily do. — Derren Brown Charismatic Copy Share Image
Everything you do is about creating an experience in the viewer's head. If you're rude or irritating as a performer, then your… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I'm finally having my TV removed and replaced by a tropical fish tank, which I hope will provide more interesting viewing. — Derren Brown Fish Copy Share Image
The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities. — Derren Brown Desire Copy Share Image
I wore a cloak for many years, I had long hair, I may have had a drop earring for a week and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
