Uri Geller
Uri Geller
Uri Gelleris an Israeli illusionist, well known internationally as a magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic. He is known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed psychic effects. Throughout the years, Geller has used skilful conjuring tricks to simulate the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy. Geller's career as an entertainer has spanned more than four decades, with television shows and appearances in many countries...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth20 December 1946
CityTel Aviv, Israel
CountryIsrael
I am not a miracle worker, but I have done things of this nature before. It's 95 per cent down to the team and the players themselves to win. There is a five per cent gap that the fans can close to bring success.
I have been around for 35 years. I have met Elvis Presley, Elton John, John Lennon, all the Beatles. I have never ever seen anything like that and I hope I never will see it again. Michael was crushed.
For a moment I thought he would faint. But then he suddenly looked at me and said 'I love these people' and I said 'Are you okay?' He said 'I am okay' and kept waving to his fans.
Still, I'm not interested in challenges. All my life I've kept away from challenges-do you understand?
To be very honest with you, I even managed to bend it ever so slightly
I honestly thought we wouldn't make it and we would end up in hospital.
I'm writing books, I'm doing TV shows worldwide, and I'm doing many strange things-almost bizarre.
It was just horrifying ... he was knocked to the ground.
a considerable amount of bent spoons line the road that led to this agreement.
If I am looking for something, for example a lost sunken submarine, I just hold my hands over the map and focus on the submarine until I feel a magnetic pull towards the location. To double check, I fly over the area. There is no deep concentration or meditation involved. I can talk, cycle or do other things at the same time. When I bend a spoon I just stroke the spoon gently and talk to it-bend, bend-and it bends.
I no longer want to be rich because I am rich.
I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.
So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments.
I don't take myself seriously all the time; I have to do quirky things, such as helping football teams, moving the ball away from McAllister's foot, getting into The Sun and The Star - because, you know, I like sensationalism, it's a part of what I do.