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
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
My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create. — 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
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
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
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 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
