Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Pippin had an opening number called "Magic to Do," and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Actually, I started as a ventriloquist and my music teacher said, "Why don't you emcee the talent show?" My act was out… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, people wanted to be an astronaut. Today, kids want to be famous, and that's totally the wrong… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, "Ah, that's cool." — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I invented magic stuff; it came very easily. Now, I sucked at everything else, but I was good at magic as a… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story about something… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
For me, it's about risk taking, taking things in new directions. Because every single time, no matter how much you learn, you can never… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race! — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
