“I was certain when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a s...” — Michael Carbonaro Quote

“I was certain when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a special effects artist or a make-up man. I loved that stuff and pursued it for quite some time, actually.”

“I have heard I look like the guy from 'The Carbonaro Effect.'”

“It's very exciting to take magic into a new direction, whereas a lot of times magic comes from a place of sort of ego, like, 'Look what I can do that you can't do.' It kind of comes across that way a lot, and you're always trying to challenge the magician; you're always trying to figure out how the magician is doing it.”

“I learned a lot doing 'Wolverine,' and I was also very fortunate, in the sense that I got to do a huge number of visual effects shots.”

“Arachnophobia' was one of the first films I did major effects for.”

“Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.”