The Angel
The Angel
An angel is a supernatural being in many religions...
ProfessionWrestler
Date of Birth23 October 1903
brain might way
Go and experience life the way that someone else might experience it. Maybe you'll find meaning in a different corner of your brain. The fact that it changed doesn't negate the fact that it ever mattered.
expectations kind unfair
There's a lot of expectation after you do something that seems to have been well received. It's kind of unfair.
confront empowered fear gratifying maybe people plane watch
One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demonstrations, and they in some way feel empowered by what I'm doing so they can confront their own fears. Maybe it's the fear of getting in an elevator; maybe it's the fear of going on a plane and seeing the world.
locks picking since
Picking locks or handcuffs for me is not really a big deal, I can do it pretty much in seconds, I've been doing since I was 14 years old. I used to sit on my bed as a kid with a pick set and you know just picking locks and stuff, so I'm used to it.
connected emotional escape escaping form houdini jacket level people straight truest
Houdini connected to people on an emotional level so that when he would escape that straight jacket it wasn't about the straight jacket. It was about people looking at it and escaping poverty. When you have that it's the truest form of magic.
lavish regular
We weren't poor growing up on Long Island, but it wasn't lavish - just a regular middle-class house.
time
We have really put in a lot of our time on this,