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title: "2 Sneak Quotes By David Copperfield"
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> [I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-really-did-sneak-into-broadway-shows-starting-when-i-was-12/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

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> [There was a guy named Ed Mishell. He was this grandfatherly guy who did all the illustrations for the catalogs and reviewed magic effects for the magic magazines, so all of the magic dealers would send him magic effects for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/there-was-a-guy-named-ed-mishell-he-was-this-grandfatherly-guy-who/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

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## More by David Copperfield

> [There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/there-is-a-safe-spot-within-every-tornado-my-job-is-to-find-it/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-inventing-new-principles-the-audience-has-a-point-of-view-that-no/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-love-creating-new-things-it-s-kind-of-my-job-it-s-what-i-do-and-i/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I was teaching magic at NYU when I was 16.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-was-teaching-magic-at-nyu-when-i-was-16/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [The real secret of magic lies in the performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/the-real-secret-of-magic-lies-in-the-performance/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/everyone-was-talking-about-having-airplanes-disappear-and-i-said-wait/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/for-me-it-s-about-risk-taking-taking-things-in-new-directions-because/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/it-s-okay-for-me-to-be-gay-but-god-didn-t-make-me-that-way/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/ride-on-rough-shod-if-need-be-smooth-shod-if-that-will-do-but-ride-on/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/magicians-are-the-people-who-began-to-use-film-as-an-illusion-on-stage/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-just-waiting-for-people-to-start-asking-me-to-make-the-rain/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/magicians-lose-the-opportunity-to-experience-a-sense-of-wonder/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-am-fortunate-to-have-the-resources-to-have-many-methods-to-do-each/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [I'm the luckiest man in the world - performing 500 shows a year and loving what I do - illusion IS my day to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-the-luckiest-man-in-the-world-performing-500-shows-a-year-and/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

> [From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/from-the-very-beginning-i-studied-acting-directing-lighting-dance-and/)

[David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/)

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