I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely…

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

— Francis Ford Coppola

That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.

— Ian Mckellen

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in…

— Zoe Kazan

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

— Antoine Fuqua

Movies are magic no matter where they're made.

— Liu Yifei

“A good magician’s performance tells a story. Each act should build on the next, becoming ever more engaging to fill the audience with wonder.…

— Laura Lam

Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion.

— Jim Steinmeyer

“Magicians are not made, they make themselves.”

— William G. Gray

One of the finest magicians you can see is David Oliver.

— Barry Nolan

“Magicians protect their secrets not because the secrets are large and important, but because they are so small and trivial. The wonderful effects created…

— Christopher Priest

“A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will…

— Amit Kalantri

“A great magician is not more magical than other magicians; he is just more magical in his presentation.”

— Amit Kalantri

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in…

— Billy Joel

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they…

— Dai Vernon

Great liars are also great magicians.

— Adolf Hitler