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When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

David Copperfield

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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
Film Actor
Hypnotist
Illusionist
Stunt Performer
Writer
Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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Magician
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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 approach. You have to have authenticity in what you're doing. You have to really care about the core message of what you're saying, and then everything else will fall into place.
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If I was gay, why would I hide it?
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I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
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My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, You're never going to make it it's too tough out there.
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What you think is impossible in life actually is possible.
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I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.
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Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.
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I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.
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I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.
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I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.
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