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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
Film Actor
Hypnotist
Illusionist
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Metuchen
New Jersey
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I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.
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As I did more of that, I realized, Well, maybe I should do more magic.
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Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.
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For one of my specials, I said, I'm going to make an airplane disappear. Okay! And the next day, everything went crazy - it was like breaking the internet before the internet.
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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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Tommy Chong connects to the pipe a lot.
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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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Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
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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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Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, Ah, that's cool.
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You have to learn certain skills to present magic.
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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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Pippin had an opening number called Magic to Do, and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all of the sets. As a kid I thought, Wow, I'm seeing onstage what a MGM musical would look like live. It was that good, and it was directed by Bob Fosse.
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Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.
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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 try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
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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 started as a ventriloquist, a very bad ventriloquist. And people saw my lips moving and it was ridiculous, so finally I decided I'd better change my occupation.
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I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
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There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.
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