David Copperfield

I'm a magician, not a singer.

— David Copperfield

We all possess the need to dream.

— David Copperfield

But Vegas is really my first home.

— David Copperfield

Never take "NO" for an answer.

— David Copperfield

Magic is my paint.

— David Copperfield

The most important thing in life..

— David Copperfield

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

— David Copperfield

I'm a horrible karaoke singer.

— David Copperfield

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

— David Copperfield

I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.

— David Copperfield

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

— David Copperfield

The most important thing is presentation.

— David Copperfield

I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.

— David Copperfield

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

— David Copperfield

Marriage is like a formality for me.

— David Copperfield

Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.

— David Copperfield

I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.

— David Copperfield

When I am on the road and heading to my next venue, I think about my audience.

— David Copperfield

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.

— David Copperfield

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are…

— David Copperfield

I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.

— David Copperfield

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

— 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.

— David Copperfield

Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.

— David Copperfield

In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't…

— David Copperfield

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

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn…

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For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not…

— 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

Reading [Judd Apatow] book, about his background, I think there's a great similarity. What gives him the fire to work hard? He…

— David Copperfield

I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction! She was more than human to me. She was…

— 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

I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates.…

— David Copperfield

I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have…

— David Copperfield

I went to visit Frank Capra, one of my idols, and did a kind of Judd Apatow interview with him. I said,…

— David Copperfield

There was a place in New York called Tannen's Magic. It still exists. But back in the day, it was really fantastic.…

— David Copperfield

I was 16 at the time, and I came backstage and started hanging out with them. I said, "Well, maybe you can…

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Later, when I was at Caesar's Palace, and [Joe and Gil Cates] were trying to get me to have opening acts for…

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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

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