When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
My father kind of encouraged me through that. Exactly,[work] not as an actor, obviously, but as someone in show business that had… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
To make [parents] happy, I went to Fordham University for three weeks, while at the same time running ads in Variety, "magician-actor… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not… — 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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