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Normally, I do magic on the stage. But I can make magic credible and resonate through a TV screen.

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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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 act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
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I'm the luckiest man in the world - performing 500 shows a year and loving what I do - illusion IS my day to day life.
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I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.
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