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
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
I could vanish the silk better than Ben Vereen - that was for sure. So I think maybe they said, "Okay, maybe… — 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
I started as a ventriloquist, a very bad ventriloquist. And people saw my lips moving and it was ridiculous, so finally I… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
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
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
My job is to make people dream. Of course, there's a lot of technical stuff behind the scenes and a lot of… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Watching people react, watching people be inspired, be taken on a journey, forgetting their problems, looking ahead in their own lives to… — 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
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
Later, when I was at Caesar's Palace, and [Joe and Gil Cates] were trying to get me to have opening acts for… — 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
When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I see people's need to dream, people's need to escape - you see it! That's why people come to comedy shows, that's… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the amazing effect of shared wonder - how I have an… — 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
