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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!

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
Discovered
Amazing
Youth
Secret
Keep
Something
Controversy
Fountain
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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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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 shame that a lot of magicians just rely on the trick itself and they have no other abilities. They get away with the wonder factor, and I don't think that's enough. It's great, but it's not enough.
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Never take NO for an answer.
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I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.
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Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
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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!
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I invented magic stuff it came very easily. Now, I sucked at everything else, but I was good at magic as a kid.
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I'm trying to change theater, in my own way - not just magic. I say that humbly, because I'm learning every single day. I do 15 shows a week, and every single audience I have is like a test screening for you, when you listen and go, Really? They laughed at that? All over the stage I have lines, written onstage, that I'm changing every single d
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What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.
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I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.
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I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
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As I did more of that, I realized, Well, maybe I should do more magic.
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I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.
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Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
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When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.
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It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.
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