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

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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Dream
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Illusions
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But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.
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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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When the time came to say, Mom, I want to do this as a job, it was brutal. She was really against it. There were screaming matches. Some people are shut down by that and get defeated by it, and other people are empowered by the negativity. My father kind of encouraged me through that.
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If I was gay, why would I hide it?
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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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I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.
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The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
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I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.
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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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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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You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you go to see movies and then only see where the lights are, where the cuts are, watching it from a technical basis, nodding your head, Oh, that was good. The feeling of surprise, the feeling of being transported is further away.
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Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.
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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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I was published in Tarbell Course in Magic when I was 12.
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You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
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When you see me do a five-minute thing, there's been about two years of preparation behind that. You know, I find that's what it takes to really make it the level of quality I prefer.
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All the lawyers and the business stuff is work, but actually creating stuff isn't work. It's good effort. It's hard work. But, it's not work. It doesn't feel like work because the result is very rewarding.
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What you think is impossible in life actually is possible.
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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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