To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There was a guy named Ed Mishell. He was this grandfatherly guy who did all the illustrations for the catalogs and reviewed… — 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
Like in comedy, you know the names of the people who steal things that others work really hard on. It really sucks.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I was 16 at the time, and I came backstage and started hanging out with them. I said, "Well, maybe you can… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There were really a bunch of old, old magic hobbyists at the time, some of them who actually had known [Harry] Houdini.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Normally, I do magic on the stage. But I can make magic credible and resonate through a TV screen. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magic is used in espionage, all the time, for clandestine things. I've got a whole library from a gentleman who was hired… — 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
You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling… — 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