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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 exist.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
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Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.
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I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.
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When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.
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[ Gil Cates] said, You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic.
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I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.
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There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, You're only as good as you dare to be bad.
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What you think is impossible in life actually is possible.
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