Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There was a place in New York called Tannen's Magic. It still exists. But back in the day, it was really fantastic.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
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
I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Science and technology were often used by [the magician of old], even before they came into the marketplace on a mass basis.… — 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
I'm trying to change theater, in my own way - not just magic. I say that humbly, because I'm learning every single… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move,… — 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
Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me,… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
As I did more of that, I realized, "Well, maybe I should do more magic." — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend… — 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
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