David Copperfield

When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes.

— David Copperfield

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

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

— David Copperfield

Pippin had an opening number called "Magic to Do," and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all…

— David Copperfield

Performing my show is something I constantly think about.

— David Copperfield

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

— David Copperfield

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.

— David Copperfield

I'm trying to change theater, in my own way - not just magic. I say that humbly, because I'm learning every single…

— David Copperfield

I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

— David Copperfield

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

— David Copperfield

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.

— David Copperfield

Tommy Chong connects to the pipe a lot.

— David Copperfield

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

— David Copperfield

There was another guy suggested. He was a tall and dark-haired and Jewy, and I said, "No, he's too close to me."…

— David Copperfield

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able…

— David Copperfield

I started as a ventriloquist, a very bad ventriloquist. And people saw my lips moving and it was ridiculous, so finally I…

— David Copperfield

You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn…

— David Copperfield

When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against…

— David Copperfield

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the…

— David Copperfield

For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories…

— David Copperfield

I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move,…

— David Copperfield

I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a…

— David Copperfield

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.

— David Copperfield

I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.

— David Copperfield

My uncle's house burned down when I was 6 years old. We got out safely. But ever since, I've had a nightmare…

— David Copperfield